rhetorical question

English

Noun

rhetorical question (plural rhetorical questions)

1. A question posed only for dramatic or persuasive effect.
2. (colloquial) A question to which the asker does not expect an answer.

   Are you nuts? Don't answer that – it's a rhetorical question.

Translations

question

• Catalan: pregunta retòrica f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 反問句 (zh), 反问句 (zh) (fǎnwènjù)

• Czech: řečnická otázka f
• Finnish: retorinen kysymys
• French: question rhétorique (fr)
• Galician: pregunta retórica f
• German: rhetorische Frage (de) f
• Hungarian: költői kérdés
• Icelandic: retorísk spurning f, ræðuspurning f
• Japanese: 修辞疑問 (しゅうじぎもん, jūji gimon), 反語 (ja) (はんご, hango)

• Kazakh: шешендік мәселе (şeşendik mäsele)
• Kurdish: pirsa retorîk‎ f (pirsa retorîk)
• Macedonian: реторичко прашање n (retóričko prášanje)
• Maori: ui makihoi, ui mākoi, pātai mākoi
• Polish: pytanie retoryczne (pl) n, pytania retoryczne n pl
• Portuguese: pergunta retórica f
• Russian: ритори́ческий вопро́с (ru) m (ritoríčeskij voprós)
• Spanish: pregunta retórica f
• Swedish: retorisk fråga c
• Turkish: cümle değerli soru, retorik soru, tümce değerli soru