English Explanatory Dictionary

query

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A question, an inquiry (US), an enquiry (UK).
  2. A question mark.
  3. A set of instructions passed to a database.
  4. Ellipsis of query letter.
verb
  1. To ask a question.
  2. To ask, inquire.
  3. To question or call into doubt.
  4. To pass a set of instructions to a database to retrieve information from it.
  5. To send a private message to (a user on IRC).
  6. To send out a query letter.
name
  1. A surname.

Pronunciation

/ˈkwɪə.ɹi/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-query.wav /ˈkwɪ.ɹi/ /ˈkwɛ.ɹi/ /ˈkwi.ɹɪ/ /ˈkwi.ɹe/ /ˈkwiə.ɹi/ /ˈkwɛː.ɹi/ /ˈkʋɛ.ri/

Word forms

query queries quæry querying queried Querys

Etymology

An anglicisation of quere, an obsolete variant form of Latin quaere, second-person singular present active imperative of quaerō (“seek, look for; ask”); perhaps suffixed with -y (“abstract noun”). Cognate with French quérir, Italian chiedere, Portuguese querer, Romanian cere, and Spanish querer. Compare question.

Related words

inquiry querent quest question

Derived words

antiquery counterquery interquery intraquery multiquery non-query querist query-by-query queryist query language query plan query processing querysome query string Structured Query Language overquery queriable querier queryable requery
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