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perplexity
English
Etymology
perplex +? -ity, from Middle French perplexité or post-classical Latin perplexitas ‘entanglement’, from perplexus.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /p??pl?ks?ti/
- (US) IPA(key): /p???pl?ks?di/
Noun
perplexity (countable and uncountable, plural perplexities)
- The state or quality of being perplexed; puzzled or confused.
- Something that perplexes.
- 1942, Rebecca West, Black Lamb and Grey Falcon (Canongate 2006), page 149:
- The Emperor, who was by then a focus of unresolvable perplexities, stood providing a strongly contrary appearance.
- 1942, Rebecca West, Black Lamb and Grey Falcon (Canongate 2006), page 149:
- In information theory, a measurement of how well a probability distribution or model predicts a sample.
Translations
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enigma
English
Alternative forms
- ænigma (chiefly archaic)
Etymology
From Latin aenigma (“riddle”), being derived itself from the Ancient Greek verbal noun ??????? (aínigma, “dark saying, speaking in riddles”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??n??m?/, /??n??m?/
Noun
enigma (plural enigmas or enigmata)
- Something or someone puzzling, mysterious or inexplicable.
- A riddle, or a difficult problem.
Related terms
- a riddle wrapped up in an enigma
- Enigma machine
- enigmatic
Translations
References
Anagrams
- gamine, imagen, in-game
Asturian
Etymology
From Latin aenigma (“riddle”), from Ancient Greek ??????? (aínigma, “dark saying, riddle”).
Noun
enigma m (plural enigmes)
- enigma
Related terms
- enigmáticu
Basque
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish enigma, from Latin aenigma (“riddle”), from Ancient Greek ??????? (aínigma, “dark saying, riddle”).
Noun
enigma inan
- enigma
Catalan
Etymology
From Latin aenigma (“riddle”), from Ancient Greek ??????? (aínigma, “dark saying, riddle”).
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Central) IPA(key): /??ni?.m?/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /e?ni?.ma/
Noun
enigma m (plural enigmes)
- enigma
Derived terms
- enigmàtic
Further reading
- “enigma” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Esperanto
Etymology
enigmo +? -a
Adjective
enigma (accusative singular enigman, plural enigmaj, accusative plural enigmajn)
- enigmatic
Finnish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?eni?m?/, [?e?ni?m?]
- Rhymes: -eni?m?
- Syllabification: e?nig?ma
Noun
enigma
- enigma
Declension
Galician
Etymology
From Latin aenigma (“riddle”), from Ancient Greek ??????? (aínigma, “dark saying, riddle”).
Noun
enigma m (plural enigmas)
- enigma
Related terms
- enigmático
Italian
Etymology
From Latin ænigma, from Ancient Greek ??????? (aínigma).
Noun
enigma m (plural enigmi)
- enigma, riddle, conundrum
- Synonyms: giallo, mistero
Related terms
- enigmatico
- enigmista
- enigmistica
- enigmistico
References
Anagrams
- gemina, igname
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /e??ni?.ma/, [e??n??mä]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /e?ni?.ma/, [??ni?m?]
Noun
?nigma n (genitive ?nigmatis); third declension
- Alternative form of aenigma
Declension
Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).
Portuguese
Etymology
From Latin aenigma (“riddle”), from Ancient Greek ??????? (aínigma, “dark saying, riddle”).
Noun
enigma m (plural enigmas)
- enigma
Related terms
- enigmático
Romanian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [e?ni?ma]
Noun
enigma f
- definite nominative/accusative singular of enigm?
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin aenigma (“riddle”), from Ancient Greek ??????? (aínigma, “dark saying, riddle”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /e?ni?ma/, [e?ni??.ma]
Noun
enigma m (plural enigmas)
- enigma, conundrum (something that is puzzling)
- riddle, conundrum
Related terms
- enigmático
- enigmáticamente
Further reading
- “enigma” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
Anagrams
- gemina
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