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Q-word
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q-word
English
Alternative forms
en q-word
Noun
en linguistics A question word.
en 2018 The Routledge Handbook of African Linguistics 104 1315392968 Cross-linguistically, a distinctive characteristic of this mood type is the presence of a question word (‘Q-word’) in the clause that queries missing information [...]
en q-word any word beginning with q.
See also
en abbreviated euphemisms