interrogatee

C2+ Topic:People & Society

US /ɪnˌtɛrəɡəˈti/ UK /ɪnˌtɛrəɡəˈtiː/ See IPA manual

Meanings

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noun
a person who is being interrogated or questioned

The interrogatee sat silent, refusing to answer a single question.

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Synonyms

1 noun · a person who is being... questioneeexaminee respondent interviewee

Opposites

interrogator questioner

Word family

Related forms interrogate interrogator interrogation

Etymology

From interrogate + -ee; interrogate from Latin interrogatus, past participle of interrogare ('to ask, question'), from inter- ('between') + rogare ('to ask').

interrogare Latin rogare Latin

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People & Society Word Formation & Derivatives

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# interrogatee

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /ɪnˌtɛrəɡəˈti/
**IPA (UK):** /ɪnˌtɛrəɡəˈtiː/

## Meanings
1. a person who is being interrogated or questioned

## Examples
- The interrogatee sat silent, refusing to answer a single question.

## Synonyms
- questionee
- examinee
- respondent
- interviewee

## Antonyms
- interrogator
- questioner

## Related Forms
- interrogate
- interrogator
- interrogation

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: interrogare
- Root: rogare

## Etymology
From interrogate + -ee; interrogate from Latin interrogatus, past participle of interrogare ('to ask, question'), from inter- ('between') + rogare ('to ask').

## AI Etymology
interrogatee comes from interrogate + -ee; interrogate from Latin interrogatus, past participle of interrogare ('to ask, question'), from inter- ('between') + rogare ('to ask'). Morphologically, the ending is part of the etymology: the suffix is attached to the older base named in the history, producing a later English derivative. In present English, the noun sense is "a person who is being interrogated or questioned", so the historical development ends in a clearly identifiable modern dictionary use. The same base also appears in related forms such as interrogate, interrogator, and interrogation. Its semantic neighborhood includes questionee, examinee, respondent, and interviewee, which helps locate the modern sense without adding a separate etymological claim. The named historical forms include Latin interrogare and Latin rogare.

## Topics
- People & Society
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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