Arcane

//ɑɹˈkeɪn//

Synonyms for "arcane" (100 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Related word relations

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8 relation types

More general

4 entries

More specific

2 entries

Antonyms

1 entries

Synonyms

3 entries

derived

6 entries

has property

1 entries

related to

6 entries

similar

2 entries

Translations

46 translations across 20 languages.

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Bulgarian

2 entries
  • езотеричен adj (understood by only a few; obscure)
  • тайнствен adj (understood by only a few; obscure)

Catalan

2 entries
  • arcà adj (understood by only a few; obscure)
  • secret adj (understood by only a few; obscure)

Czech

2 entries
  • tajemný adj (understood by only a few; obscure)
  • tajuplný adj (understood by only a few; obscure)

Dutch

2 entries
  • duister adj (understood by only a few; obscure)
  • geheim adj (understood by only a few; obscure)

Esperanto

1 entries
  • arkana adj (understood by only a few; obscure)

Finnish

1 entries
  • salainen adj (understood by only a few; obscure)

French

1 entries
  • arcane adj (understood by only a few; obscure)

German

4 entries
  • arkan adj (understood by only a few; obscure)
  • geheim adj (understood by only a few; obscure)
  • geheimnisvoll adj (understood by only a few; obscure)
  • obskur adj (understood by only a few; obscure)

Greek

2 entries
  • απόκρυφος adj (understood by only a few; obscure)
  • μυστικός adj (understood by only a few; obscure)

Icelandic

2 entries
  • dulinn adj (understood by only a few; obscure)
  • hulinn adj (understood by only a few; obscure)

Italian

1 entries
  • arcano adj (understood by only a few; obscure)

Latin

1 entries
  • arcānus adj (understood by only a few; obscure)

Persian

1 entries
  • سری adj (understood by only a few; obscure)

Portuguese

1 entries
  • arcano adj (understood by only a few; obscure)

Russian

4 entries
  • мисти́ческий adj (understood by only a few; obscure)
  • скры́тый adj (understood by only a few; obscure)
  • та́йный adj (understood by only a few; obscure)
  • таи́нственный adj (understood by only a few; obscure)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • mȉsteriōzan adj (understood by only a few; obscure)
  • tajànstven adj (understood by only a few; obscure)
  • ми̏стерио̄зан adj (understood by only a few; obscure)
  • таја̀нствен adj (understood by only a few; obscure)

Spanish

1 entries
  • arcano adj (understood by only a few; obscure)

Swedish

4 entries
  • esoterisk adj (understood by only a few; obscure)
  • fördold adj (understood by only a few; obscure)
  • hemlig adj (understood by only a few; obscure)
  • hemlighetsfull adj (understood by only a few; obscure)

Turkish

4 entries
  • esrarlı adj (understood by only a few; obscure)
  • gizemli adj (understood by only a few; obscure)
  • içrek adj (understood by only a few; obscure)
  • saklı adj (understood by only a few; obscure)

Ukrainian

3 entries
  • містичний adj (understood by only a few; obscure)
  • прихований adj (understood by only a few; obscure)
  • таємний adj (understood by only a few; obscure)

Sample sentences

14 total sentences available.

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Nowadays, the fourteenth century's debate about the Eucharist sounds completely arcane.

Source: tatoeba (955376)

We uncovered this arcane.

Source: tatoeba (1506645)

The warm punch fuming in the icy air called to mind caldrons, witches, and arcane incantations.

Source: tatoeba (2119604)

Novices often have more luck finding something arcane than seasoned researchers because of the power of creative thinking and serendipity.

Source: tatoeba (9950447)

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