riddle

Signification (Anglais)

Noun

1. A verbal puzzle, mystery, or other problem of an intellectual nature.
2. An ancient verbal, poetic, or literary form, in which, rather than a rhyme scheme, there are parallel opposing expressions with a hidden meaning.

Verb

1. To speak ambiguously or enigmatically.
2. (transitive) To solve, answer, or explicate a riddle or question.

Verb

1. To put something through a riddle or sieve; to sieve; to sift.
2. To fill with holes like a riddle.
3. (figuratively) To fill or spread throughout; to pervade (with something destructive or weakening).

Verb

To plait.

Concepts

devinette

énigme

puzzle

🧩

mystère

crible

cribler

casse-tête

enigme

claie

tamis

saturer

prendre sous le feu

diffuser

dire

🗣️

entrer

mitrailler

passoire

pénétrer

secret

㊙️

tamiser

sas

devinaille

Synonymes

puzzle

enigma

conundrum

mystery

screen

problem

sift

sieve

allegory

poser

question

❓

penetrate

quiz

brain-teaser

parable

fable

jigsaw puzzle

🧩

story

trouble

diffuse

engima

sifter

make holes

interpenetrate

imbue

bore

guess

puncture

puzzler

fairy tale

permeate

pervade

example

churn

drill

dredge

charade

bewilder

dispute

disorient

broach

disconcert

mix up

discomfit

bemuse

anomaly

mesh

muddle

matter

discombobulate

Traductions

Rätsel

indovinello

raadsel

enigma

enigma

acertijo

adivinanza

puzzel

αίνιγμα

enigma

crivello

griphus

aenigma

charada

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈɹɪdəl/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: redel

Hérité de ancien anglais: rǣdels

Appartenant à ancien anglais: rǣdan

Hérité de moyen anglais: riddil

Hérité de ancien anglais: hriddel

Appartenant à allemand: Reiter

Appartenant à vieux norrois: hreinn

Appartenant à ancien haut allemand: hreini

Appartenant à gotique: 𐌷𐍂𐌰𐌹𐌽𐍃

In summary

From Middle English redel, redels, from Old English rǣdels, rǣdelse (“counsel, opinion, imagination, riddle”), from Proto-West Germanic *rādislī (“counsel, conjecture”). Analyzable as rede (“advice”) + -le. Akin to Old English rǣdan (“to read, advise, interpret”). Cognate with Dutch raadsel, German Rätsel.