rhetorical question

English

Noun

Examples
Do you really think it is necessary? Can't you do anything right? Who could possibly believe that this treatment is just?

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 posed for dramatic or persuasive effect

• Arabic: اِسْتِفْهَام مَجَازِيّ‎ m (istifhām majāziyy)
• 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:

  Northern Kurdish: pirsa retorîk f

• Macedonian: реторичко прашање n (retoričko prašanje)
• Malay: soalan retorik
• 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

question to which no answer is expected

• Finnish: retorinen kysymys