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:
- public-opinion poll
- sampling
- census
- application
- set of questions
- canvass
- poll
- inquiry
- survey
- gallup-poll
- outline
verb
To survey using questionnaires.
Wiktionary
Other Word Forms of Questionnaire
Noun
Singular:
questionnaire
Plural:
questionnairesOrigin of Questionnaire
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Borrowing from French questionnaire, from Late Latin quaestionarius, from quaestio (English question) + -arius, from quaerō (“I question") (English query).
From Wiktionary
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French from questionner to ask from Old French from question legal inquiry question
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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