interroger

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin interrogāre. Doublet of entraver.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛ̃.tɛ.ʁɔ.ʒe/ ~ /ɛ̃.te.ʁɔ.ʒe/

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Verb

interroger

1. (transitive) to question, interrogate

Conjugation

This is a regular -er verb, but the stem is written interroge- before endings that begin with -a- or -o- (to indicate that the -g- is a "soft" /ʒ/ and not a "hard" /ɡ/). This spelling change occurs in all verbs in -ger, such as neiger and manger.

Conjugation of interroger (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	interroger
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	interrogeant /ɛ̃.tɛ.ʁɔ.ʒɑ̃/ or /ɛ̃.te.ʁɔ.ʒɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		interrogé /ɛ̃.tɛ.ʁɔ.ʒe/ or /ɛ̃.te.ʁɔ.ʒe/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	interroge /ɛ̃.tɛ.ʁɔʒ/ or /ɛ̃.te.ʁɔʒ/	interroges /ɛ̃.tɛ.ʁɔʒ/ or /ɛ̃.te.ʁɔʒ/	interroge /ɛ̃.tɛ.ʁɔʒ/ or /ɛ̃.te.ʁɔʒ/	interrogeons /ɛ̃.tɛ.ʁɔ.ʒɔ̃/ or /ɛ̃.te.ʁɔ.ʒɔ̃/	interrogez /ɛ̃.tɛ.ʁɔ.ʒe/ or /ɛ̃.te.ʁɔ.ʒe/	interrogent /ɛ̃.tɛ.ʁɔʒ/ or /ɛ̃.te.ʁɔʒ/
	imperfect	interrogeais /ɛ̃.tɛ.ʁɔ.ʒɛ/ or /ɛ̃.te.ʁɔ.ʒɛ/	interrogeais /ɛ̃.tɛ.ʁɔ.ʒɛ/ or /ɛ̃.te.ʁɔ.ʒɛ/	interrogeait /ɛ̃.tɛ.ʁɔ.ʒɛ/ or /ɛ̃.te.ʁɔ.ʒɛ/	interrogions /ɛ̃.tɛ.ʁɔ.ʒjɔ̃/ or /ɛ̃.te.ʁɔ.ʒjɔ̃/	interrogiez /ɛ̃.tɛ.ʁɔ.ʒje/ or /ɛ̃.te.ʁɔ.ʒje/	interrogeaient /ɛ̃.tɛ.ʁɔ.ʒɛ/ or /ɛ̃.te.ʁɔ.ʒɛ/
	past historic2	interrogeai /ɛ̃.tɛ.ʁɔ.ʒe/ or /ɛ̃.te.ʁɔ.ʒe/	interrogeas /ɛ̃.tɛ.ʁɔ.ʒa/ or /ɛ̃.te.ʁɔ.ʒa/	interrogea /ɛ̃.tɛ.ʁɔ.ʒa/ or /ɛ̃.te.ʁɔ.ʒa/	interrogeâmes /ɛ̃.tɛ.ʁɔ.ʒam/ or /ɛ̃.te.ʁɔ.ʒam/	interrogeâtes /ɛ̃.tɛ.ʁɔ.ʒat/ or /ɛ̃.te.ʁɔ.ʒat/	interrogèrent /ɛ̃.tɛ.ʁɔ.ʒɛʁ/ or /ɛ̃.te.ʁɔ.ʒɛʁ/
	future	interrogerai /ɛ̃.tɛ.ʁɔʒ.ʁe/ or /ɛ̃.te.ʁɔʒ.ʁe/	interrogeras /ɛ̃.tɛ.ʁɔʒ.ʁa/ or /ɛ̃.te.ʁɔʒ.ʁa/	interrogera /ɛ̃.tɛ.ʁɔʒ.ʁa/ or /ɛ̃.te.ʁɔʒ.ʁa/	interrogerons /ɛ̃.tɛ.ʁɔʒ.ʁɔ̃/ or /ɛ̃.te.ʁɔʒ.ʁɔ̃/	interrogerez /ɛ̃.tɛ.ʁɔʒ.ʁe/ or /ɛ̃.te.ʁɔʒ.ʁe/	interrogeront /ɛ̃.tɛ.ʁɔʒ.ʁɔ̃/ or /ɛ̃.te.ʁɔʒ.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	interrogerais /ɛ̃.tɛ.ʁɔʒ.ʁɛ/ or /ɛ̃.te.ʁɔʒ.ʁɛ/	interrogerais /ɛ̃.tɛ.ʁɔʒ.ʁɛ/ or /ɛ̃.te.ʁɔʒ.ʁɛ/	interrogerait /ɛ̃.tɛ.ʁɔʒ.ʁɛ/ or /ɛ̃.te.ʁɔʒ.ʁɛ/	interrogerions /ɛ̃.tɛ.ʁɔ.ʒə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /ɛ̃.te.ʁɔ.ʒə.ʁjɔ̃/	interrogeriez /ɛ̃.tɛ.ʁɔ.ʒə.ʁje/ or /ɛ̃.te.ʁɔ.ʒə.ʁje/	interrogeraient /ɛ̃.tɛ.ʁɔʒ.ʁɛ/ or /ɛ̃.te.ʁɔʒ.ʁɛ/
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
	past anterior2	past historic of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il, qu’elle	que nous	que vous	qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple tenses)	present	interroge /ɛ̃.tɛ.ʁɔʒ/ or /ɛ̃.te.ʁɔʒ/	interroges /ɛ̃.tɛ.ʁɔʒ/ or /ɛ̃.te.ʁɔʒ/	interroge /ɛ̃.tɛ.ʁɔʒ/ or /ɛ̃.te.ʁɔʒ/	interrogions /ɛ̃.tɛ.ʁɔ.ʒjɔ̃/ or /ɛ̃.te.ʁɔ.ʒjɔ̃/	interrogiez /ɛ̃.tɛ.ʁɔ.ʒje/ or /ɛ̃.te.ʁɔ.ʒje/	interrogent /ɛ̃.tɛ.ʁɔʒ/ or /ɛ̃.te.ʁɔʒ/
	imperfect2	interrogeasse /ɛ̃.tɛ.ʁɔ.ʒas/ or /ɛ̃.te.ʁɔ.ʒas/	interrogeasses /ɛ̃.tɛ.ʁɔ.ʒas/ or /ɛ̃.te.ʁɔ.ʒas/	interrogeât /ɛ̃.tɛ.ʁɔ.ʒa/ or /ɛ̃.te.ʁɔ.ʒa/	interrogeassions /ɛ̃.tɛ.ʁɔ.ʒa.sjɔ̃/ or /ɛ̃.te.ʁɔ.ʒa.sjɔ̃/	interrogeassiez /ɛ̃.tɛ.ʁɔ.ʒa.sje/ or /ɛ̃.te.ʁɔ.ʒa.sje/	interrogeassent /ɛ̃.tɛ.ʁɔ.ʒas/ or /ɛ̃.te.ʁɔ.ʒas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	interroge /ɛ̃.tɛ.ʁɔʒ/ or /ɛ̃.te.ʁɔʒ/	—	interrogeons /ɛ̃.tɛ.ʁɔ.ʒɔ̃/ or /ɛ̃.te.ʁɔ.ʒɔ̃/	interrogez /ɛ̃.tɛ.ʁɔ.ʒe/ or /ɛ̃.te.ʁɔ.ʒe/	—
compound		—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way: past historic → present perfect past anterior → pluperfect imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Related terms

• interrogateur
• interrogatif
• interrogation
• interrogatoire

Further reading

• “interroger”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Latin

Verb

interroger

1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of interrogō