riddle

Senso (Inglese)

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.

Concetti

indovinello

enigma

crivello

vaglio

setaccio

crivellare

profezia

rompicapo

setacciare

enimma

forare

permeare

pervadere

pronosticare

rebus

vagliare

chiedere

scolino

cospargere

indovinare

predire

presagire

riempire

risolvere

spiegare

compenetrare

sinonimi

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

Traduzioni

devinette

Rätsel

énigme

puzzle

🧩

raadsel

enigma

enigma

adivinanza

acertijo

αίνιγμα

puzzel

charada

griphus

aenigma

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/ˈɹɪdəl/

Etimologia (Inglese)

Ereditato da inglese medio: redel

Ereditato da inglese antico: rǣdels

Affine inglese antico: rǣdan

Ereditato da inglese medio: riddil

Ereditato da inglese antico: hriddel

Affine tedesco: Reiter

Affine norse antico: hreinn

Affine tedesco antico alto: hreini

Affine gotico: 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.