enigma

See also Enigma

English

Wikipedia

Alternative forms

• ænigma (chiefly archaic)

Etymology

From Latin aenigma (“riddle”), from Ancient Greek αἴνιγμα (ainigma, “dark saying, riddle”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /əˈnɪɡmə/, SAMPA: /@"nIgm@/

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Noun

enigma (plural enigmas or enigmata)

1. Something puzzling, mysterious or inexplicable
2. A riddle, or a difficult problem

Translations

something puzzling, mysterious or inexplicable

Armenian: առեղծված (hy) (aṙeġçvaç) Bulgarian: мистерия (bg) f. Chinese: Mandarin: 謎 (zh), 谜 (zh) (mí) Esperanto: enigmo (eo) French: énigme (fr) f. German: Rätsel (de) m. Greek: αίνιγμα (el) n.

Hebrew: חִידָה (he) (ḥidá) f. Icelandic: ráðgáta (is) Japanese: 謎 (ja) (なぞ, nazo) Russian: загадка (ru) (zagádka) f. Scottish Gaelic: dubh-fhacal (gd) m., dubh-cheist (gd) f. Swedish: enigma (sv)

a riddle, or a difficult problem

Armenian: հանելուկ (hy) (haneluk) Bulgarian: загадка (bg) f. Dutch: raadsel (nl), enigma (nl) Esperanto: enigmo (eo) Greek: αίνιγμα (el) n., (maths) πρόβλημα (el) n.

Icelandic: ráðgáta (is) Russian: загадка (ru) (zagádka) f., головоломка (ru) (golovolómka) f. Scottish Gaelic: dubh-fhacal (gd) m., dubh-cheist (gd) f. Swedish: enigma (sv)

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Arabic: غامض Chinese: 神秘的事物 (shén mì de shì wù) Finnish: arvoitus (fi), mysteeri (fi) French: énigme (fr) f. German: Rätsel (de) Interlingua: enigma Italian: enigma (it) m., indovinello (it) m.

Japanese: 謎 (なぞ, nazo) Latin: aenigma (la) n. Polish: zagadka f. Portuguese: enigma (pt) m., mistério (pt) m. Romanian: enigmă (ro) f. Slovak: záhada (sk) f. Spanish: enigma (es) m.

Related terms

• a riddle wrapped up in an enigma
• Enigma machine
• enigmatic

Anagrams

• gamine, in-game

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Basque

Etymology

Spanish enigma, Latin aenigma (“riddle”)

Noun

enigma

1. enigma

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Catalan

Etymology

Latin aenigma (“riddle”)

Noun

enigma m. (plural enigmes)

1. enigma

Derived terms

• enigmàtic

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Italian

Etymology

From Latin ænigma, from Ancient Greek αἴνιγμα (ainigma).

Noun

enigma m. (plural enigmi)

1. enigma, riddle

Synonyms

• giallo
• mistero

Related terms

• enigmatico
• enigmista
• enigmistica
• enigmistico

Anagrams

• gemina, igname

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Latin

Noun

enigma (genitive enigmatis); n, third declension

1. Alternative form of aenigma.

Inflection

Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	enigma	enigmata
genitive	enigmatis	enigmatum
dative	enigmatī	enigmatibus
accusative	enigma	enigmata
ablative	enigmate	enigmatibus
vocative	enigma	enigmata

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Spanish

Etymology

From Latin aenigma "riddle", from Ancient Greek αἴνιγμα (ainigma) "dark saying, riddle".

Pronunciation

• IPA: /e̞ˈniɡma̠/

Noun

enigma m. (plural enigmas)

1. enigma

Related terms

• enigmático
• enigmáticamente