1. Multimodal method for querying a multimedia database from a telecommunication terminal, wherein the database is queried using an iterative step in which, at the current iteration, a portion retrieved from the database is determined using an ordered set of query criteria worked out at the previous iteration or at a previous initialization step if the current iteration is the first iteration, and using a criteria vector comprising characteristic values of a predetermined set of query criteria for the portion retrieved from the database, the said criteria vector being initialized at the initialization step if the current iteration is the first iteration, and determined during the previous iteration otherwise; the query criteria being determined so as to reduce the number of responses supplied at successive iterations respectively.