interrog.

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interrog. stands for Interrogative, a grammar and dictionary abbreviation.

Labels question words and forms, such as the interrogative pronouns "who," "what" and "which" and adverbs like "where" and "why." Grammars use it when describing how questions are formed.

Example: which (interrog. pron.) what one or ones: "Which do you prefer?"

Usage notes

English forms most yes-no questions by inverting the subject and an auxiliary ("Are you coming?"), adding "do" when no auxiliary exists. Many interrogative words double as relative pronouns, as in "the house which we bought." The Leipzig glossing labels mark question particles with Q.

Related abbreviations

More grammar and dictionary abbreviations

• Ger. – German
• Gk. – Greek
• imper. – Imperative
• indef. – Indefinite
• inf. – Infinitive
• interj. – Interjection
• IPA – International Phonetic Alphabet
• It. – Italian
• joc. – Jocular
• Lat. – Latin
• lit. – Literally
• masc. – Masculine

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