different between puzzle vs tangram
puzzle
English
Etymology
Origin uncertain; originally pusle. Possibly from pose (“to perplex, puzzle, interrogate”) +? -le (frequentative suffix). The verb (1590s) “to perplex” seems to predate the noun “state of being perplexed” (circa 1600), “perplexing question” (1650s), “toy” (1814).
Pronunciation
- enPR: p?z??l, IPA(key): /?p?z?l/
- Rhymes: -?z?l
Noun
puzzle (plural puzzles)
- Anything that is difficult to understand or make sense of.
- Where he went after he left the house is a puzzle.
- A game for one or more people that is more or less difficult to work out or complete.
- A crossword puzzle.
- A jigsaw puzzle.
- A riddle.
- (archaic) Something made with marvellous skill; something of ingenious construction.
- The state of being puzzled; perplexity.
- to be in a puzzle
Synonyms
- (anything difficult to understand or make sense of): anybody's guess, anyone's guess, conundrum, enigma, mystery
- (game for one person): brain-teaser, poser
- (crossword puzzle): crossword, crossword puzzle
- (jigsaw puzzle):: jigsaw, jigsaw puzzle
- (riddle): guessing game, riddle
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
puzzle (third-person singular simple present puzzles, present participle puzzling, simple past and past participle puzzled)
- (transitive) To perplex, confuse, or mystify; to cause (someone) to be faced with a mystery, without answers or an explanation.
- 1688, Henry More, Divine Dialogues
- A very shrewd disputant in those points is dexterous in puzzling others, if they be not thoroughpaced speculators in those great theories.
- He is perpetually puzzled and perplexed amidst his own blunders.
- 1688, Henry More, Divine Dialogues
- (intransitive) To think long and carefully, in bewilderment.
- We puzzled over the curious-shaped lock, but were unable to discover how the key should be inserted.
- (transitive) To make intricate; to entangle.
- The ways of Heav'n are dark and intricate, / Puzzled in mazes, and perplex'd with error.
- They disentangle from the puzzled skein.
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:confuse
Derived terms
Translations
Related terms
- puzzlement
References
Anagrams
- puzzel
Czech
Etymology
Borrowed from English puzzle.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?pazl?]
- (nonstandard, hyperforeign) IPA(key): [?put?sl?]
Noun
puzzle m
- jigsaw puzzle
Usage notes
Also used as an indeclinable noun of various genders, most often neuter.
Although the standard pronunciation of this word, which has been borrowed from English, is /?pazl?/, another common informal pronunciation is /?put?sle/, which is a hyperforeignism, trying to apply either Italian (as in pizza) or more probably German pronunciation rules. However, both Italian and German pronunciation of the word puzzle is different.
Declension
References
French
Etymology
Borrowed from English puzzle.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pœ.zœl/, /pœzl/
Noun
puzzle m (plural puzzles)
- jigsaw puzzle
Further reading
- “puzzle” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from English puzzle.
Noun
puzzle m (invariable)
- jigsaw puzzle
- (by extension) A difficult problem
Polish
Etymology
From English puzzle.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?puz.l?/
- IPA(key): /?put?s.l?/ (nonstandard)
Noun
puzzle m inan
- jigsaw puzzle
Declension
Derived terms
- (noun) puzzel
Further reading
- puzzle in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
- puzzle in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Spanish
Alternative forms
- puzle
Etymology
Borrowed from English puzzle.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /?pu?le/, [?pu?.le]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /?pusle/, [?pus.le]
Noun
puzzle m (plural puzzles)
- jigsaw puzzle
puzzle From the web:
- what puzzle has the most pieces
- what puzzled means
- what puzzles are good for your brain
- what puzzles do for the brain
- what puzzles billy about the guestbook
- what puzzles you
- what puzzles are made in the usa
- what puzzles make you smarter
tangram
English
Etymology
Possibly from Mandarin ? (táng, “of the Tang dynasty, by extension, Chinese”) +? -gram.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?tæn???æm/
Noun
tangram (plural tangrams)
- A Chinese puzzle made of a square that is cut up into different triangular pieces which can then be reassembled to make designs.
Translations
See also
- Loyd's paradox
Further reading
- tangram on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
- Gartman, trangam
Portuguese
Noun
tangram m (plural tangrans)
- tangram (Chinese puzzle)
tangram From the web:
- tangram meaning
- what tangram shapes
- tangrams what are they
- tangram what to do
- what is tangram in maths
- what is tangram in mathematics
- what is tangram puzzle
- what are tangrams used for
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