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ques⋅tion⋅naire

[kwes-chuh-nair]
–noun
a list of questions, usually printed, submitted for replies that can be analyzed for usable information: a questionnaire used in market research.

Origin:
1895–1900; < F, equiv. to question(er) to question + -aire; see -ary
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ques·tion·naire   (kwěs'chə-nâr')   
n.  A form containing a set of questions, especially one addressed to a statistically significant number of subjects as a way of gathering information for a survey.

[French, from questionner, to ask, from Old French, from question, legal inquiry; see question.]
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Word Origin & History

questionnaire 
1901, from Fr. questionnaire "list of questions," from questionner "to question," from M.Fr. (see question). Purists preferred native formation questionary (1541).
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questionnaire ques·tion·naire (kwěs'chə-nâr')
n.
A printed form containing a set of questions, especially one addressed to a statistically significant number of subjects as a way of gathering information for a survey.

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