Nowadays, the fourteenth century's debate about the Eucharist sounds completely arcane.
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Arcane
//ɑɹˈkeɪn//
Synonyms for "arcane" (100 found)
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Closest matches (20)
Strong matches (30)
Related words (50)
preternaturalpreternormalpretersensualprofoundpsychicpsychicalremoterestrictedsecretsmotheredspiritualstifledsubtlesuperhumansupernaturalsupernormalsuperphysicalsupersensiblesupersensualsuppressed
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supramundanesupranaturaltop secrettranscendentaltransmundaneulteriorunaccomplishedunaccountableunbreatheableuncannyunder securityunder wrapsundisclosableundisclosedundivulgableundivulgedunearthlyunguessedunhumanunknowableunrevealableunrevealedunspokenuntellableuntoldunutterableunutteredunwhisperableunworldlyweird
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6 entrieshas property
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6 entriessimilar
2 entriesTranslations
46 translations across 20 languages.
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.
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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