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riddle:
- énigme; mystère; puzzle; casse-tête; mots croisés
Wiktionary:
- riddle → énigme, devinette, devinaille, claie, puzzle
- riddle → cribler
- riddle → mystère, devinette, énigme

English

Detailed Translations for riddle from English to French

riddle:

riddle [the ~] noun

the riddle
l'énigme; le mystère; le puzzle
- énigme [la ~] noun
- mystère [le ~] noun
- puzzle [le ~] noun
the riddle (brainteaser; puzzle; braintwister)
le puzzle; le casse-tête; l'énigme; le mots croisés; le mystère
- puzzle [le ~] noun
- casse-tête [le ~] noun
- énigme [la ~] noun
- mots croisés [le ~] noun
- mystère [le ~] noun

Translation Matrix for riddle:

Noun	Related Translations	Other Translations
casse-tête	brainteaser; braintwister; puzzle; riddle	bludgeon; indian club; life-preserver; spadix; worries
mots croisés	brainteaser; braintwister; puzzle; riddle	crossword
mystère	brainteaser; braintwister; puzzle; riddle	miracle; mysteriousness; mystery; secrecy; secret; secretiveness; stealth
puzzle	brainteaser; braintwister; puzzle; riddle	jigsaw
énigme	brainteaser; braintwister; puzzle; riddle	definition of a problem
-	brain-teaser; conundrum; enigma
Verb	Related Translations	Other Translations
-	diffuse; imbue; interpenetrate; penetrate; permeate; pervade; screen
Other	Related Translations	Other Translations
-	sieve; sift
Modifier	Related Translations	Other Translations
casse-tête		perplexing; puzzling

Related Words for "riddle":

riddles

Synonyms for "riddle":

conundrum; enigma; brain-teaser; problem
sieve; screen
pierce
perplex; vex; stick; get; puzzle; mystify; baffle; beat; pose; bewilder; flummox; stupefy; nonplus; gravel; amaze; dumbfound
screen; sift; sieve; strain
permeate; pervade; penetrate; interpenetrate; diffuse; imbue; perforate
communicate; intercommunicate
solve; work out; figure out; puzzle out; lick; work

Related Definitions for "riddle":

a coarse sieve (as for gravel)¹
a difficult problem¹
set a difficult problem or riddle¹
- riddle me a riddle¹
explain a riddle¹
speak in riddles¹
spread or diffuse through¹
- His campaign was riddled with accusations and personal attacks¹
pierce with many holes¹
- The bullets riddled his body¹
separate with a riddle, as grain from chaff¹

Wiktionary Translations for riddle:

riddle

noun

puzzle
- riddle → énigme; devinette; devinaille

verb

to fill with holes
- riddle → cribler
to fill or spread throughout; to pervade
- riddle → cribler
to put something through a sieve
- riddle → cribler

riddle

noun

(term, Vannerie) panier faire de brins d’osier, plat, long et large, selon l’usage que l’on en fait.
- claie → hurdle; rack; riddle
question à deviner par manière de jeu.
- devinette → riddle; conundrum
jeux|nocat=1 Jeu de patience composé de petites pièces à contours irréguliers que l’on doit assembler pour reconstituer une image.
- puzzle → jigsaw puzzle; enigma; riddle
Jeu d’esprit
- énigme → enigma; puzzle; riddle

Cross Translation:

From	To	Via
• riddle	→ mystère; devinette	↔ raadsel — iets waarnaar men moet raden
• riddle	→ énigme; devinette	↔ Rätsel — Aufgabe, in Form einer Frage oder auch in graphischer Form, die durch Raten und Nachdenken zu lösen ist
• riddle	→ mystère	↔ Rätsel — ungelöste Fragestellung, ein Mysterium

¹WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University