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| − | The true etymology is unknown. The following have all been proposed:
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| − | * Reputed without evidence to have been invented by a late 18th century Dublin theatre proprietor who [[bet]] he could add a new nonsense [[word]] to the English language. He thus had the word painted on walls all over the city. The morning after, everyone was talking about the new word.
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| − | * The original meaning is [[interrogation]] (1867), being derived from the verb. Current meaning only since 1941.
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| − | * The meaning "hoax" is the original (1796), shifting to the meaning "interrogate" (1847) under the influence of '''to [[question]]''' and '''[[inquisitive]]'''.
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| − | * Originally ''quies'' (1847), may have derived from Latin ''qui es?'' (who are you?), traditionally the first question in [[oral]] Latin [[exam]]s. Used as a noun from 1867, spelling quiz first recorded in 1886.
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| − | ==Translations==
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| − | ====Noun====
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| − | {{trans-top|competition in the answering of questions}}
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| − | * Chinese:
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| − | *: Mandarin: {{t|zh|測驗|sc=Hani}}, {{t|zh|测验|tr=cèyàn|sc=Hani}}
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| − | * Croatian: {{t-|hr|kviz|m}}
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| − | * Czech: {{t-|cs|kvíz|m}}
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| − | * Danish: {{t|da|quiz|c}}
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| − | * Dutch: {{t+|nl|quiz}}
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| − | * Finnish: {{t-|fi|tietovisa}}, {{t-|fi|tietokilpailu}}
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| − | * French: {{t+|fr|quiz|m}}
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| − | * German: {{t+|de|Quiz|n}}, {{t-|de|Ratespiel|n}}
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| − | * Hungarian: {{t+|hu|kvíz}}
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| − | * Italian: {{t-|it|quiz|m}}
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| − | * Japanese: {{t|ja|クイズ|tr=kuizu}}
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| − | * Korean: {{t|ko|퀴즈|tr=kwijeu|sc=Hang}}
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| − | * Norwegian: {{t-|no|quiz}}
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| − | * Portuguese: {{t+|pt|quiz|m}}
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| − | * Russian: {{t|ru|викторина|f|tr=viktorína|sc=Cyrl}}
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| − | * Serbian: {{t|sr|квиз|m|tr=kviz|sc=Cyrl}}
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| − | * Spanish: {{t+|es|prueba|f}}, {{t-|es|quiz|m}}
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| − | * Swahili: {{t+|sw|chemsha bongo|xs=Swahili}}
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| − | * Vietnamese: [[thi]]<!--put this on the Vietnamese page: (meaning [[Test#Noun|test]])-->
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| − | {{trans-bottom}}
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| − | ====Verb====
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| − | {{trans-top|hoax}}
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| − | * Bosnian: {{t-|bs|šaliti se}}
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| − | * German: [[Jux]] {{m}}, [[Scherz]] {{m}}, [[Schabernack]] {{m}}
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| − | * Serbian:
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| − | *: Cyrillic: [[шалити се]]
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| − | *: Roman: [[šaliti se]]
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| − | {{trans-mid}}
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| − | * Swahili: {{t+|sw|chemsha bongo|xs=Swahili}}
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| − | {{trans-bottom}}
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| − | {{trans-top|interrogate}}
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| − | * Bosnian: {{t-|bs|ispitivati}}
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| − | * German: {{t+|de|ausfragen}}
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| − | * Serbian:
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| − | *: Cyrillic: [[испитивати]]
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| − | *: Roman: [[ispitivati]]
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| − | {{trans-mid}}
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| − | * Spanish: {{t+|es|probar}}, {{t+|es|examinar}}
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| − | ==Danish==
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| − | ====Noun====
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| − | {{da-noun|stem=quizz|en|er}}
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| − | # [[quiz#English|quiz]] {{gloss|competition in the answering of questions}}
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| − | ===Etymology===
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| − | From {{etyl|en|da}} {{term|quiz|lang=en}}.
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| − | ===Pronunciation===
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| − | * {{IPA|/kvis/|[kʰvis]|lang=da}}
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| − | ====Inflection====
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| − | {{da-noun-infl|stem=quizz|en|er|4=quiz'}}
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| − | ===Related terms===
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| − | * [[quizze]] ("to [[quiz#English|quiz]]")
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| − | ==Italian==
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| − | ====Noun====
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| − | '''quiz''' {{m|inv}}
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| − | # [[#English|quiz]]
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| − | ===Derived terms===
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| − | * [[telequiz]]
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Revision as of 09:42, 15 June 2014
English
Noun
Quiz (plural quizzes)
- A competition in the answering of questions.
- A school examination of less importance, or of greater brevity, than others given in the same course.
Verb
Quiz (third-person singular simple present quizzes, present participle quizzing, simple past and past participle quizzed)
- (transitive, archaic) To hoax.
- (transitive) To question closely, to interrogate.
Adverbs for Quiz
narrowly; closely; methodically; thoroughly; perfunctorily austerely; vexatiously; rudely; speculatively; civilly; sternly; abstrusely.
Thesaurus
Socratic method, ask, asking, audition, be curious, blue book, bringing into question, burn with curiosity, case, catechetical method, catechization, catechize, catechizing, challenge, character, deride, dig around for, dig up, dispute, duck, exam, examen, examination, examine, final, final examination, gape, gawk, great go, grill, hearing, honors, inquire, inquiring, interpellation, interrogate, interrogation, interview, lout, midsemester, midterm, mock, nose around for, nose out, oddball, oddity, oral, oral examination, original, peer, prelim, probing, pump, pumping, query, querying, question, questioning, quizzing, rally, razz, rubber, rubberneck, scout, seek, seeking, spook, stare, take-home examination, taunt, test, trial, tripos, twit, viva, want to know, worm out of, written, written examination, zombie
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