enigma

See also: Enigma and enigmă

English[edit]

English Wikipedia has an article on:

enigma

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Alternative forms[edit]

ænigma (chiefly archaic)

Etymology[edit]

From Latin aenigma (“riddle”), being derived itself from the Ancient Greek verbal noun αἴνιγμα (aínigma, “dark saying, speaking in riddles”).

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA^(key): /ɪˈnɪɡmə/, /əˈnɪɡmə/
Audio (US)
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Noun[edit]

enigma (plural enigmas or enigmata)^[1]

Something or someone puzzling, mysterious or inexplicable.
A riddle, or a difficult problem.
- 1899 Feb, Joseph Conrad, “The Heart of Darkness”, in Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, page 202:
  Watching a coast as it slips by the ship is like thinking about an enigma.

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Translations[edit]

something puzzling, mysterious or inexplicable

Albanian: enigmë (sq) f
Arabic: لُغْز‎ (ar) m (luḡz)
Armenian: առեղծված (hy) (aṙełcvac)
Asturian: enigma m
Azerbaijani: müəmma (az)
Belarusian: зага́дка f (zahádka)
Bulgarian: зага́дка (bg) f (zagádka)
Burmese: စကားထာ (my) (ca.ka:hta)
Catalan: enigma (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 謎 (zh), 谜 (zh) (mí)
Danish: gåde c
Dutch: raadsel (nl) n, mysterie (nl) n
Czech: záhada (cs) f
Esperanto: enigmo (eo)
Estonian: mõistatus
Finnish: arvoitus (fi), mysteeri (fi)
French: énigme (fr) f
Galician: enigma m
Georgian: გამოცანა (gamocana)
German: Rätsel (de) n, Mysterium (de) n
Greek: αίνιγμα (el) n (aínigma)
Hebrew: חִידָה‎ (he) f (ḥidá), תַּעֲלוּמָה‎ (he) f (ta'lumá)
Hindi: पहेली (hi) f (pahelī), मुअम्मा (hi) m (muammā), राज़ m (rāz)
Icelandic: ráðgáta
Italian: enigma (it) m
Japanese: 謎 (ja) (なぞ, nazo)
Kazakh: жұмбақ (jumbaq)
Khmer: បណ្ដៅ (km) (bɑndaw), ប្រស្នា (km) (prɑsnaa)
Korean: 수수께끼 (ko) (susukkekki)
Kyrgyz: табышмак (ky) (tabışmaq)

Lao: ຄຳທວຍ (kham thuāi)
Latvian: noslēpums m
Lithuanian: paslaptis m, mįslė f
Norwegian:
Bokmål: gåte (no) m or f
Occitan: enigma (oc)
Pashto: معما‎‎ f (ma'mã)
Persian: معما‎ (fa) (mo'ammâ)
Polish: enigma (pl) f, tajemnica (pl) f, zagadka (pl) f
Portuguese: enigma (pt) m, mistério (pt) m
Romanian: enigmă (ro) f
Russian: зага́дка (ru) f (zagádka)
Scottish Gaelic: dubh-fhacal m, dubh-cheist f
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: за̏гоне̄тка f

Roman: zȁgonētka (sh) f
Slovak: záhada f
Slovene: uganka (sl) f
Spanish: enigma (es) m
Swedish: gåta (sv) c
Tajik: муаммо (tg) (muammo)
Tatar: табышмак (tt) (tabışmaq)
Thai: ปริศนา (th) (bprìt-sà-nǎa)
Turkish: bilmece (tr), muamma (tr)
Ukrainian: зага́дка (uk) f (zahádka)
Urdu: معما‎ m (mu'ammā), پہیلی‎ f (pahelī), راز‎ m (rāz)
Uyghur: تېپىشماق‎ (tëpishmaq)
Uzbek: jumboq (uz), topishmoq (uz)
Vietnamese: điều bí ẩn
Walloon: cwacwa (wa) m, enike (wa) f

riddle, or a difficult problem

Armenian: հանելուկ (hy) (haneluk)
Belarusian: зага́дка f (zahádka)
Bulgarian: зага́дка (bg) f (zagádka)
Czech: záhada (cs) f
Dutch: raadsel (nl), enigma (nl)
Esperanto: enigmo (eo)
Finnish: arvoitus (fi)
French: énigme (fr) f
German: Rätsel (de) n, Knobelei f, Rateaufgabe f, Knobelaufgabe f
Greek: αίνιγμα (el) n (aínigma), (maths) πρόβλημα (el) n (próvlima)
Icelandic: ráðgáta
Japanese: 謎 (ja) (なぞ, nazo)
Korean: 수수께끼 (ko) (susukkekki)
Italian: enigma (it) m, indovinello (it) m
Macedonian: загатка f (zagatka)
Persian: معما‎ (fa) (mo'ammâ)
Polish: zagadka (pl) f, enigma (pl) f

Portuguese: enigma (pt) m
Romanian: ghicitoare (ro) f, ghicitori f pl
Russian: зага́дка (ru) f (zagádka), головоло́мка (ru) f (golovolómka)
Scottish Gaelic: dubh-fhacal m, dubh-cheist f
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: за̏гоне̄тка f

Roman: zȁgonētka (sh) f
Slovak: záhada f
Slovene: uganka (sl) f
Swedish: enigma (sv)
Tagalog: hibat
Tajik: муаммо (tg) (muammo)
Ukrainian: зага́дка (uk) f (zahádka)

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Translations to be checked

Arabic: ^{(please verify)} غامض‎
Interlingua: ^{(please verify)} enigma
Latin: ^{(please verify)} aenigma n

Spanish: ^{(please verify)} enigma (es) m

References[edit]

^ “enigma” listed by Dictionary.com Unabridged (v1·1)

Anagrams[edit]

gamine, imagen, in-game

Asturian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

enigma m (plural enigmes)

enigma

Related terms[edit]

enigmáticu

Basque[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Spanish enigma, from Latin aenigma (“riddle”), from Ancient Greek αἴνιγμα (aínigma, “dark saying, riddle”).

Noun[edit]

enigma inan

enigma

Catalan[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

(Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /əˈniɡ.mə/
(Valencian) IPA^(key): /eˈniɡ.ma/

Noun[edit]

enigma m (plural enigmes)

enigma

Derived terms[edit]

enigmàtic

Esperanto[edit]

Etymology[edit]

enigmo +‎ -a

Pronunciation[edit]

Audio
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Adjective[edit]

enigma (accusative singular enigman, plural enigmaj, accusative plural enigmajn)

enigmatic

Finnish[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA^(key): /ˈeniɡmɑ/, [ˈe̞niɡmɑ]
Rhymes: -eniɡmɑ
Syllabification: e‧nig‧ma

Noun[edit]

enigma

enigma

Declension[edit]

Inflection of enigma (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
nominative		enigma	enigmat
genitive		enigman	enigmojen
partitive		enigmaa	enigmoja
illative		enigmaan	enigmoihin
		singular	plural
nominative		enigma	enigmat
accusative	nom.	enigma	enigmat
accusative	gen.	enigman	enigmat
genitive		enigman	enigmojen enigmain^rare
partitive		enigmaa	enigmoja
inessive		enigmassa	enigmoissa
elative		enigmasta	enigmoista
illative		enigmaan	enigmoihin
adessive		enigmalla	enigmoilla
ablative		enigmalta	enigmoilta
allative		enigmalle	enigmoille
essive		enigmana	enigmoina
translative		enigmaksi	enigmoiksi
instructive		—	enigmoin
abessive		enigmatta	enigmoitta
comitative		—	enigmoineen

Possessive forms of enigma (type kala)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	enigmani	enigmamme
2nd person	enigmasi	enigmanne
3rd person	enigmansa

Galician[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

enigma m (plural enigmas)

enigma

Related terms[edit]

enigmático

Italian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin ænigma, from Ancient Greek αἴνιγμα (aínigma).^[1]

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA^(key): /eˈniɡ.ma/
Rhymes: -iɡma
Hyphenation: e‧nìg‧ma

Noun[edit]

enigma m (plural enigmi)

enigma, riddle, conundrum
Synonyms: giallo, mistero

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References[edit]

^ Pianigiani, Ottorino (1907), “enigma”, in Vocabolario etimologico della lingua italiana (in Italian), Rome: Albrighi & Segati

Anagrams[edit]

Nimega, gemina, igname

Latin[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

(Classical) IPA^(key): /eːˈniɡ.ma/, [eːˈnɪɡmä]
(Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /eˈniɡ.ma/, [ɛˈniɡmä]

Noun[edit]

ēnigma n (genitive ēnigmatis); third declension

Alternative form of aenigma

Declension[edit]

Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	ēnigma	ēnigmata
Genitive	ēnigmatis	ēnigmatum
Dative	ēnigmatī	ēnigmatibus
Accusative	ēnigma	ēnigmata
Ablative	ēnigmate	ēnigmatibus
Vocative	ēnigma	ēnigmata

Polish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From French énigme, from Latin aenigma, from Ancient Greek αἴνιγμα (aínigma).

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA^(key): /ɛˈɲiɡ.ma/
Audio
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Hyphenation: e‧nig‧ma
Rhymes: -iɡma

Noun[edit]

enigma f

(literary) enigma (something puzzling, mysterious or inexplicable)
Synonyms: tajemnica, zagadka

Declension[edit]

Declension of enigma

	singular	plural
nominative	enigma	enigmy
genitive	enigmy	enigm
dative	enigmie	enigmom
accusative	enigmę	enigmy
instrumental	enigmą	enigmami
locative	enigmie	enigmach
vocative	enigmo	enigmy

Related terms[edit]

(noun) enigmatyczność
(adjective) enigmatyczny
(adverb) enigmatycznie

Portuguese[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

enigma m (plural enigmas)

enigma

Related terms[edit]

enigmático

Romanian[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA^(key): [eˈniɡma]

Noun[edit]

enigma f

definite nominative/accusative singular of enigmă

Spanish[edit]

Spanish Wikipedia has an article on:

enigma

Wikipedia ^es

Etymology[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA^(key): /eˈniɡma/, [eˈniɣ̞.ma]

Noun[edit]

enigma m (plural enigmas)

enigma, conundrum (something that is puzzling)
riddle, conundrum

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Anagrams[edit]

gemina

[D.com-1] “enigma” listed by Dictionary.com Unabridged (v1·1)

[DEO-2] Pianigiani, Ottorino (1907), “enigma”, in Vocabolario etimologico della lingua italiana (in Italian), Rome: Albrighi & Segati

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enigma

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