enigma

enigma
\ \ [16] Enigma comes, via Latin, from Greek aínigmariddle, obscure statement’. This was a derivative of the verb ainíssesthaitalk in riddles’, which in turn came from the noun ainostale, story’. Its modern English use for ‘something puzzling’ dates from the early 17th century.

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  • enigmă — ENÍGMĂ, enigme, s.f. Lucru greu de înţeles, nelămurit, ascuns; taină, mister1. ♦ Ghicitoare, şaradă. – Din fr. énigme, lat. aenigma. Trimis de bogdang, 13.09.2007. Sursa: DEX 98  ENÍGMĂ s. v. mister. Trimis de siveco, 13.09.2007. Sursa: Sinonime …   Dicționar Român

  • enigma — s. m. 1. Descrição obscura ou ambígua, mas verdadeira, que se faz de uma coisa, para que outrem diga o nome dessa coisa. 2.  [Figurado] Arrazoado obscuro. 3. Coisa obscura, difícil de compreender. 4. Pessoa que, por qualquer circunstância, vive… …   Dicionário da Língua Portuguesa

  • Enigma — Enigma, Энигма  загадка, головоломка, что то таинственное, невыразимое, или шарада или сложная задача. Энигма  шифровальная машина времён Второй мировой войны. Энигма  город в штате Джорджия, США. «Энигма»  компьютерная игра.… …   Википедия

  • enigma — e*nig ma ([ e]*n[i^]g m[.a]), n.; pl. {enigmas} ([ e]*n[i^]g m[.a]z). [L. aenigma, Gr. a i nigma, fr. a ini ssesqai to speak darkly, fr. a i^nos tale, fable.] 1. A dark, obscure, or inexplicable saying; a riddle; a statement, the hidden meaning… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Enigma — Enigma, GA U.S. town in Georgia Population (2000): 869 Housing Units (2000): 348 Land area (2000): 3.251680 sq. miles (8.421811 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.032409 sq. miles (0.083940 sq. km) Total area (2000): 3.284089 sq. miles (8.505751 sq.… …   StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places

  • Enigma, GA — U.S. town in Georgia Population (2000): 869 Housing Units (2000): 348 Land area (2000): 3.251680 sq. miles (8.421811 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.032409 sq. miles (0.083940 sq. km) Total area (2000): 3.284089 sq. miles (8.505751 sq. km) FIPS code …   StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places

  • enigma — sustantivo masculino 1. Conjunto de palabras o signos de sentido oculto, difíciles de comprender: Nos propuso un enigma y estuvimos toda la tarde buscando la solución. 2. Cosa que resulta desconocida o difícil de entender: Su vida es un enigma… …   Diccionario Salamanca de la Lengua Española

  • enigma — I noun aenigma, ambages, ambiguous saying, arcanum, bewilderment, braintwister, complexity, confusing statement, confusion, difficulty, inexplicable statement, inscrutable person, knotty point, mystery, obscure question, obscure statement,… …   Law dictionary

  • enigma — (non com. enimma) s.m. [dal lat. aenigma ătis, gr. aínigma atos, dal tema di ainíssomai parlare copertamente ] (pl. i ). 1. (crit.) [frase o componimento in versi che propone un concetto o una parola da indovinare: risolvere un e. ]… …   Enciclopedia Italiana

  • enigma — (n.) 1580s, earlier enigmate (mid 15c.), from L. aenigma riddle, from Gk. ainigma (pl. ainigmata), from ainissesthai speak obscurely, speak in riddles, from ainos fable, riddle, of unknown origin …   Etymology dictionary

  • enigma — riddle, puzzle, conundrum, *mystery, problem …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

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