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.]
1901, from Fr. questionnaire "list of questions," from questionner "to question," from M.Fr. (see question). Purists preferred native formation questionary (1541).
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.