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Translate mysterious from English to French

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mysterious:
- mystérieux; mystérieuse; énigmatique; obscur; secret; mystérieusement
Wiktionary:
- mysterious → mystérieux
- mysterious → mystérieux, énigmatique, abracadabrant

English

Detailed Translations for mysterious from English to French

mysterious:

mysterious adj

mysterious (enigmatic)
mystérieux; mystérieuse; énigmatique; obscur; secret; mystérieusement
- mystérieux adj
- mystérieuse adj
- énigmatique adj
- obscur adj
- secret adj
- mystérieusement adj

Translation Matrix for mysterious:

Noun	Related Translations	Other Translations
secret		concealment; confidentiality; mysteriousness; mystery; privacy; secrecy; secret; secretiveness; stealth
Adjective	Related Translations	Other Translations
-	cryptic; cryptical; deep; inscrutable; mystic; mystical; mystifying; occult; orphic; secret
Other	Related Translations	Other Translations
-	odd; wierd
Modifier	Related Translations	Other Translations
mystérieuse	enigmatic; mysterious
mystérieusement	enigmatic; mysterious
mystérieux	enigmatic; mysterious
obscur	enigmatic; mysterious	bewildered; chaotic; complex; complicated; confused; cryptic; dark; deceitful; difficult; diffuse; disconcerted; disordered; dubious; flustered; grimy; inconvenient; indistinct; intricate; involved; malicious; mendacious; nasty; obscure; ominous; problematic; questionable; scary; shady; shifty; sinister; slimy; suspect; suspicious; uncertain; unclear; unlit; unreliable; vague
secret	enigmatic; mysterious	behind someone's back; clandestine; concealed; covert; covertly; cryptic; disguised; furtive; hidden; in disguise; in secret; malicious; mean; nasty; not saying much; on the quiet; on the sly; quietly; reserved; secret; secretive; secretly; silently; sneakily; sneaking; sneaky; softly; stealthily; stealthy; subterranean; surreptitiously; taciturn; tight-lipped; underground; underhand; undisclosed; unobserved; unperceived; unseen; veiled
énigmatique	enigmatic; mysterious

Related Words for "mysterious":

mysteriousness, mysteriously

Synonyms for "mysterious":

cryptic; cryptical; deep; inscrutable; mystifying; inexplicable; incomprehensible
mystic; mystical; occult; secret; orphic; esoteric

Related Definitions for "mysterious":

having an import not apparent to the senses nor obvious to the intelligence; beyond ordinary understanding¹
- mysterious symbols¹
of an obscure nature¹
- the new insurance policy is written without cryptic or mysterious terms¹
- in its mysterious past it encompasses all the dim origins of life¹

Wiktionary Translations for mysterious:

mysterious

adjective

of unknown origin
- mysterious → mystérieux

mysterious

adjective

Qui contient quelque mystère, quelque secret, quelque sens caché. Se dit proprement en matière de religion.
- mystérieux → mysterious

Cross Translation:

From	To	Via
• mysterious	→ mystérieux; énigmatique	↔ raadselachtig — onbegrijpelijk door dubbelzinnige of verborgen informatie
• mysterious	→ mystérieux	↔ geheimnisvoll — den Anschein/Eindruck erweckend, etwas geheim zu bergen; ein Geheimnis erahnen/vermuten lassend; voller Geheimnisse beziehungsweise Rätsel; so, dass es nicht ganz erklärt oder erklärbar ist
• mysterious	→ mystérieux	↔ mysteriös — voller Geheimnisse, rätselhaft
• mysterious	→ abracadabrant	↔ rätselhaft — mit einem Rätsel behaftet, von einem Rätsel umgeben

¹WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University