interpeller

== French == === Alternative forms === interpeler (post-1990 spelling) === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin interpellāre, from interpellō (“to interrupt, to hinder”). Compare Italian interpellare, Spanish and Portuguese interpelar, English interpellate. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.pə.le/, (formal) /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.pɛ.le/ ~ /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.pe.le/ === Verb === interpeller (transitive) to call out to to question, to interrogate; to address (of police etc.) (by extension) to apprehend, to arrest Synonym: appréhender (figurative) to raise questions for (politics) to interpellate (question formally concerning official or governmental policy) ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== interpellation === Further reading === “interpeller”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Latin == === Verb === interpeller first-person singular present passive subjunctive of interpellō