Interpellation — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

(parliament) a parliamentary procedure of demanding that a government official explain some act or policy

the action of interjecting or interposing an action or remark that interrupts

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/ˌɪntɚpɛlˈeɪʃən/

🇬🇧British English

/ˌɪntəpɛlˈeɪʃən/

🇮🇳Indian English

/ˌɪntəpɛlˈeɪʃən/

5 syllables Say it as /ˌɪntɚpɛlˈeɪʃən/.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

interjection interposition interpolation

Word Forms

interpellate	verb	question formally about policy or government business
interject	verb	to insert between other elements
interpose	verb	to insert between other elements
interpolate	verb	insert words into texts, often falsifying it thereby

Around the World

Europe

🇪🇸Spanish

interpelación

(parlamento) procedimiento parlamentario que exige que un funcionario del gobierno explique algún acto o política

🇮🇹Italian

interpellanza

(Parlamento) una procedura parlamentare che chiede a un funzionario governativo di spiegare un atto o una politica

🇳🇱Dutch

interpellatie

(parlement) een parlementaire procedure waarbij wordt geëist dat een overheidsfunctionaris een handeling of beleid uitlegt

🇵🇹Portuguese

interpelação

(parlamento) um procedimento parlamentar que exige que um funcionário do governo explique algum ato ou política

🇷🇺Russian

запрос

(парламент) Парламентская процедура, требующая от государственного чиновника объяснения какого-либо действия или политики.

India

🇮🇳Hindi

पूछ-ताछ

(संसद) किसी सरकारी अधिकारी से किसी कार्य या नीति की व्याख्या करने की मांग करने की संसदीय प्रक्रिया

🇧🇩Bengali

ইন্টারপেলেশন

(সংসদ) একজন সরকারী কর্মকর্তাকে কিছু আইন বা নীতি ব্যাখ্যা করার দাবি করার একটি সংসদীয় পদ্ধতি

🇮🇳Tamil

இடையீடு

(பாராளுமன்றம்) ஒரு அரசாங்க அதிகாரி சில செயல் அல்லது கொள்கையை விளக்க வேண்டும் என்று கோரும் பாராளுமன்ற நடைமுறை

🇮🇳Telugu

అంతరాయము

(పార్లమెంట్) ప్రభుత్వ అధికారి కొన్ని చట్టం లేదా విధానాన్ని వివరించాలని డిమాండ్ చేసే పార్లమెంటరీ విధానం

🇮🇳Marathi

इंटरस्पेलेशन

(संसद) सरकारी अधिकाऱ्याने काही कृती किंवा धोरण स्पष्ट करावे अशी मागणी करण्याची संसदीय प्रक्रिया

🇮🇳Gujarati

ઇન્ટરસ્પેલેશન

(સંસદ) સરકારી અધિકારીએ અમુક અધિનિયમ અથવા નીતિ સમજાવવાની માંગ કરવાની સંસદીય પ્રક્રિયા

🇮🇳Kannada

ಅಂತರಾರ್ಥ

(ಸಂಸತ್ತು) ಸರ್ಕಾರಿ ಅಧಿಕಾರಿಯು ಕೆಲವು ಕಾಯಿದೆ ಅಥವಾ ನೀತಿಯನ್ನು ವಿವರಿಸಬೇಕೆಂದು ಒತ್ತಾಯಿಸುವ ಸಂಸದೀಯ ಕಾರ್ಯವಿಧಾನ

🇮🇳Malayalam

ഇടയലേഖനം

(പാർലമെൻ്റ്) ഒരു സർക്കാർ ഉദ്യോഗസ്ഥൻ ഏതെങ്കിലും പ്രവൃത്തിയോ നയമോ വിശദീകരിക്കണമെന്ന് ആവശ്യപ്പെടുന്ന ഒരു പാർലമെൻ്ററി നടപടിക്രമം

🇵🇰Urdu

انٹرپیلیشن

(پارلیمنٹ) ایک پارلیمانی طریقہ کار جس سے مطالبہ کیا جاتا ہے کہ حکومتی اہلکار کسی ایکٹ یا پالیسی کی وضاحت کرے۔

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

质询

（议会）要求政府官员解释某些法案或政策的议会程序

🇯🇵Japanese

尋問

(議会) 政府職員に何らかの法律や政策の説明を要求する議会の手続き

🇰🇷Korean

질문

(의회) 정부 관료에게 어떤 행위나 정책에 대한 설명을 요구하는 의회 절차

🇻🇳Vietnamese

sự thẩm vấn

(quốc hội) thủ tục của quốc hội yêu cầu một quan chức chính phủ giải thích một số hành động hoặc chính sách

🇹🇭Thai

การสะกดคำ

(รัฐสภา) กระบวนการของรัฐสภาที่เรียกร้องให้เจ้าหน้าที่ของรัฐอธิบายการกระทำหรือนโยบายบางอย่าง

🇮🇩Indonesian

interpelasi

(parlemen) prosedur parlementer yang menuntut pejabat pemerintah menjelaskan suatu tindakan atau kebijakan

🇵🇭Filipino

interpelasyon

(parlamento) isang parlyamentaryong pamamaraan ng paghingi sa isang opisyal ng pamahalaan na ipaliwanag ang ilang kilos o patakaran

🇲🇾Malay

interpelasi

(parlimen) prosedur parlimen untuk menuntut pegawai kerajaan menjelaskan sesuatu perbuatan atau dasar

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

استجواب

(البرلمان) إجراء برلماني لمطالبة مسؤول حكومي بشرح بعض الإجراءات أو السياسات

🇮🇷Persian

استیضاح

(پارلمان) یک رویه پارلمانی برای درخواست از یک مقام دولتی برای توضیح یک عمل یا سیاست

🇹🇷Turkish

gensoru

(parlamento) bir hükümet yetkilisinden bazı eylem veya politikaları açıklamasını talep eden parlamento prosedürü

🇮🇱Hebrew

אינטרפלציה

(פרלמנט) הליך פרלמנטרי של דרישה מפקיד ממשלתי להסביר מעשה או מדיניות כלשהי

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