interviewee

See also: interviewée

English

Etymology

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₁én
Proto-Indo-European *-tér
Proto-Indo-European *h₁n̥tér
Proto-Italic *n̥ter
Latin inter
Latin inter-der.
Old French entre-
Proto-Indo-European *weyd-
Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti
Proto-Indo-European *-yeti
Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁yeti
Proto-Indo-European *widéh₁yeti
Proto-Italic *widēō
Latin videō
Old French veoir
Old French entreveoir
Old French entreveue
English interview
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂
Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂
Proto-Indo-European *-tós
Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos
Proto-Italic *-ātos
Latin -ātus
Old French -ébor.
Middle English -ee
English -ee
English interviewee

    From interview + -ee.

    Pronunciation

    • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌɪn.tə.vjuːˈiː/
    • Audio (Southern England):(file)
    • (General American) IPA(key): /ˌɪn.tɚ.vjuːˈiː/
    • Rhymes: -iː

    Noun

    interviewee (plural interviewees)

    1. Someone being interviewed, i.e. the person answering the questions.
      • 2008, Christopher Shelley, “Introduction: Transpeople and the Problem of Re/Action”, in Transpeople: Repudiation, Trauma, Healing, Toronto: University of Toronto Press, →ISBN, page 12:
        Both ‘no-op’ interviewees hold relatively stable identities as TG and offer interesting perspectives on trans repudiation from a TG standpoint.
      • 2015 February 26, Sophie Gilbert, “Soggy Bottoms and 'Sex Box': The Saucy State of TV's British Imports”, in James Bennet, editor, The Atlantic‎[1], Washington, D.C.: The Atlantic Monthly Group, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 14 November 2025:
        […] a willing American interviewee describes how he wants his girlfriend to "reach for my [bleep][sic] faster while giving me road head."

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