questioun

• question, questiun, questyon, questyounn, qwestyon, qwestioun

Borrowed from Anglo-Norman questiun, from Latin quaestiōnem, accusative of quaestiō; equivalent to quest +‎ -ioun.

• IPA^(key): /kwɛstiˈuːn/, /ˈkwɛstjun/

questioun (plural questiouns)

1. A question or inquiry (something asked):
   1. A problem, objection, or doubt; a challenge raised.
   2. (law, rare) A complaint or charge.
2. (philosophy, theology) A research problem; a proposition for investigation.
3. A dispute, debate, or argument.
4. Litigation or legal action. .
5. (rare) Something awaiting a future decision or determination.

• English: question
• Middle Scots: questioun
  • Scots: quaisten, quastin
• → Middle Welsh: kwestiwn
  • Welsh: cwestiwn

• “questiǒun, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 1 May 2019.