Questionnaire Definition

kwĕschə-nâr

questionnaires

noun

A written or printed form used in gathering information on some subject or subjects, consisting of a set of questions to be submitted to one or more persons.

Webster's New World

A form containing a list of questions; a means of gathering information for a survey.

Wiktionary

Synonyms:

Synonyms:
public-opinion poll
sampling
census
application
set of questions
canvass
poll
inquiry
survey
gallup-poll
outline

verb

To survey using questionnaires.

Wiktionary

Origin of Questionnaire

Borrowing from French questionnaire, from Late Latin quaestionarius, from quaestio (English question) + -arius, from quaerō (“I question") (English query).

From Wiktionary
French from questionner to ask from Old French from question legal inquiry question

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition