mystery
Something secret or unexplainableSomething secret or unexplainable; an unknown.
» Can you help solve this mystery?
Ты можешь помочь мне разгадать эту загадку?
Ты можешь помочь мне разгадать эту тайну?
Ти можеш допомгти розв'язати загадку?
Meaning
10 senses(countable, uncountable)Something secret or unexplainable; an unknown.
The truth behind the events remains a mystery.
Geheimnis, Rätsel
та́йнаtájna, зага́дкаzagádka
тає́мницяtajémnycja, зага́дкаzahádka
(countable, uncountable)Someone or something with an obscure or puzzling nature.
That man is a mystery.
Rätsel
зага́дкаzagádka
(countable, uncountable)An account, story, book, film, or play, often with the theme of crime or murder, with a surprise ending that explains all the strange events that have occurred.
a story about a crime (usually murder) presented as a novel or play or movie
(countable, uncountable)A mystery play.
(countable, uncountable)A religious truth not understandable by the application of human reason alone (without divine aid).
(countable, uncountable)A sacrament.
(countable, in the plural, uncountable)A secret religious celebration, admission to which was usually through initiation.
the Eleusinian mysteries
the Mysteries of Mithras
(countable, uncountable)A particular event or series of events in the life of Christ.
The second decade of the Rosary concerns the Sorrowful mysteries, such as the crucifixion and the crowning with thorns.
мисте́рияmistérija
(countable, obsolete, uncountable)A secret or mystical meaning.
(archaic, countable, uncountable)A craft, art or trade; specifically a guild of craftsmen.
Examples
388 sentencesCan you help solve this mystery?
Ти можеш допомгти розв'язати загадку?
ruТы можешь помочь мне разгадать эту загадку?
Tom is reading a mystery novel.
Том читає детектив.
Tom is a mystery.
Том — загадка.
deTom ist ein Rätsel.
Nature is full of mystery.
Природа повна таємниць.
ruПрирода полна загадок.
deDie Natur ist voller Geheimnisse.
I like reading mystery novels.
Я люблю читати детективи.
ruМне нравится читать детективные романы.
deIch lese gerne Kriminalromane.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English mysterie, from Anglo-Norman misterie (Old French mistere), from LatinFrom Middle English mysterie, from Anglo-Norman misterie (Old French mistere), from Latin mysterium, from Ancient Greek μυστήριον (mustḗrion, “a mystery, a secret, a secret rite”), from μύστης (mústēs, “initiated one”), from μυέω (muéō, “to initiate”), from μύω (múō, “to shut”). Displaced native Old English ġerȳne.
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Forms
plural: mysteriesSynonyms
6 synonyms- something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained:enigmasecretclosed book
- a story about a crime (usually murder) presented as a novel or play or movie:mystery storywhodunit
Word family
38 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
Collocations
7 patterns- still a mystery
- remains a mystery
- solved the mystery
- solve this mystery
- mystery novels
- a mystery to
- is a mystery