puzzle

Signification (Anglais)

Noun

1. Anything that is difficult to understand or make sense of.
2. A game for one or more people that is more or less difficult to work out or complete.
3. A crossword puzzle.
4. A jigsaw puzzle.
5. A riddle.
6. (archaic) Something made with marvellous skill; something of ingenious construction.
7. The state of being puzzled; perplexity.

Verb

1. (transitive) To perplex, confuse, or mystify; to cause (someone) to be faced with a mystery, without answers or an explanation.
2. (intransitive) To think long and carefully in bewilderment.
3. (transitive) To make intricate or difficult to resolve; to entangle.

Concepts

énigme

puzzle

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devinette

casse-tête

mystère

troubler

stupéfier

abasourdir

consterner

confondre

enigme

rendre perplexe

ébahir

laisser perplexe

méduser

dérouter

égarer

étonner

intriguer

méditer

perplexité

refléter

ahurir

désorienter

éberluer

effarer

jeu de patience

Synonymes

riddle

enigma

perplex

confuse

problem

bewilder

mystery

confound

conundrum

baffle

mystify

dumbfound

trouble

embarrass

perplexity

question

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jigsaw puzzle

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stupefy

startle

stun

poser

stagger

nonplus

amaze

disconcert

puzzler

bewilderment

stick

quandary

quiz

pose

astound

dismay

vex

mislead

take aback

jigsaw

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alarm

teaser

get

appal

bemuse

secret

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query

beat

entangle

complicate

mystifier

distress

abash

Traductions

Rätsel

raadsel

rompecabezas

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puzzel

Puzzle

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enigma

rompicapo

enigma

enigma

Geduldspiel

verbijsteren

puzzle

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desconcertar

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈpʌzəl/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Origin uncertain; originally pusle. Possibly from pose (“to perplex, puzzle, interrogate”) + -le (frequentative suffix). The verb (1590s) “to perplex” seems to predate the noun “state of being perplexed” (circa 1600), “perplexing question” (1650s), “toy” (1814).