riddle
A verbal puzzle, mystery, or other problem of an intellectual natureA verbal puzzle, mystery, or other problem of an intellectual nature.
» Let's try to solve the riddle.
Lass uns versuchen, das Rätsel zu lösen. — Tamy
Lasst uns versuchen, das Rätsel zu lösen. — Tamy
Lassen Sie uns versuchen, das Rätsel zu lösen. — Tamy
Давайте попробуем отгадать загадку. — sharptoothed
Спробуймо розгадати загадку. — deniko
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6 sensesA verbal puzzle, mystery, or other problem of an intellectual nature.
Here's a riddle: It's black, and white, and red all over. What is it?
Rätsel, Scherzfrage
зага́дкаzagádka, ре́бусrébus
за́гадкаzáhadka
An ancient verbal, poetic, or literary form, in which, rather than a rhyme scheme, there are parallel opposing expressions with a hidden meaning.
A sieve with coarse meshes, usually of wire, for separating coarser materials from finer, as chaff from grain, cinders from ashes, or gravel from sand.
a coarse sieve (as for gravel)
A board with a row of pins, set zigzag, between which wire is drawn to straighten it.
One of the pair of curtains enclosing an altar on the north and south.
(obsolete)A curtain; bedcurtain.
Examples
109 sentencesLet's try to solve the riddle.
Спробуймо розгадати загадку. — deniko
ruДавайте попробуем отгадать загадку. — sharptoothed
deLass uns versuchen, das Rätsel zu lösen. — Tamy
Can you answer this riddle?
Ти можеш розгадати цю загадку? — fagott
ruВы знаете, как решить эту загадку? — odexed
deKannst du dieses Rätsel lösen? — Esperantostern
Tom often speaks in riddles.
Том часто говорить загадками. — miketheknight
ruТом часто говорит загадками. — marafon
deTom spricht oft in Rätseln. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
I've never been good at riddles.
ruЯ никогда не был силён в разгадывании загадок. — marafon
I thought that Tom liked riddles.
ruЯ думал, Том любит загадки. — marafon
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English redel, redels, from Old English rǣdels, rǣdelse (“counsel, opinion, imFrom Middle English redel, redels, from Old English rǣdels, rǣdelse (“counsel, opinion, imagination, riddle”), from Proto-West Germanic *rādislī (“counsel, conjecture”). Analyzable as rede (“advice”) + -le. Akin to Old English rǣdan (“to read, advise, interpret”). Cognate with Dutch raadsel, German Rätsel.
From Middle English riddil, ridelle (“sieve”), from Old English hriddel (“sieve”), alteration of earlier hridder, hrīder, from Proto-West Germanic *hrīdrā, from Proto-Germanic *hrīdrą, *hrīdrǭ (“sieve”), from Proto-Germanic *hrid- (“to shake”), from Proto-Indo-European *krey-. Akin to German Reiter (“sieve”), Old Norse hreinn (“pure, clean”), Old High German hreini (“pure, clean”), Gothic 𐌷𐍂𐌰𐌹𐌽𐍃 (hrains, “clean, pure”). More at rinse.
From Middle English riddel, ridel, redel, rudel, from Old French ridel ("a plaited stuff; curtain"; > Medieval Latin ridellus), from rider (“to wrinkle”), from Old High German rīdan (“to turn; wrap; twist; wrinkle”). More at writhe. Doublet of rideau.
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Forms
plural: riddlesSynonyms
3 synonyms- a difficult problem:conundrumenigmabrain-teaser