Riddle
//ˈɹɪdl̩//
Translations of "riddle" (78 languages)
| Language | Translation | Romanization | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Afrikaans | raaisel(verbal puzzle) | — | |
| Ahtna | cʼedzaʼ(verbal puzzle) | — | |
| Albanian | gjëagjëzë(verbal puzzle), gjëegjëzë(verbal puzzle), sitë(verbal puzzle) | — | |
| Ancient Greek | αἴνιγμα(verbal puzzle), γρῖφος(verbal puzzle) | aínigma, grîphos | |
| Arabic | أُحْجِيَّة(verbal puzzle), فزّورة(verbal puzzle), لُغْز(verbal puzzle), مُعْضِلَة(verbal puzzle) | ʔuḥjiyya, fɑzzūrɑ, luḡz, muʕḍila | |
| Armenian | հանելուկ(verbal puzzle) | haneluk | |
| Assamese | সাঁথৰ(verbal puzzle) | xãthor | |
| Azerbaijani | müəmma(verbal puzzle), tapmaca(verbal puzzle) | — | |
| Bashkir | йомаҡ(verbal puzzle) | yomaq | |
| Belarusian | зага́дка(verbal puzzle) | zahádka | |
| Bhojpuri | पहेली(verbal puzzle) | pahēlī | |
| Bulgarian | га́танка(verbal puzzle), зага́дка(verbal puzzle), надупчвам(to fill with holes like a riddle), отгатвам(to solve, answer, or explicate a riddle or question), посея(to fill or spread throughout; to pervade), посявам(to fill or spread throughout; to pervade), правя на решето(to fill with holes like a riddle), пресея(to put something through a riddle or sieve), пресявам(to put something through a riddle or sieve), разгадавам(to solve, answer, or explicate a riddle or question) | gátanka, zagádka, nadupčvam, otgatvam, poseja, posjavam, pravja na rešeto, preseja, presjavam, razgadavam | |
| Burmese | စကားထာ(verbal puzzle) | ca.ka:hta | |
| Catalan | endevinalla(verbal puzzle) | — | |
| Chinese Mandarin | 謎語 /谜语(verbal puzzle) | míyǔ | |
| Czech | hádanka(verbal puzzle), proděravět(to fill with holes like a riddle), prosít(to put something through a riddle or sieve) | — | |
| Danish | gåde(verbal puzzle) | — | |
| Dutch | raadsel(verbal puzzle), doordringen(to fill or spread throughout; to pervade), doorspekt(to fill or spread throughout; to pervade), doorzeven(to fill with holes like a riddle), raden(to solve, answer, or explicate a riddle or question), zeven(to put something through a riddle or sieve) | — | |
| Esperanto | enigmo(verbal puzzle) | — | |
| Estonian | mõistatus(verbal puzzle) | — | |
| Faroese | gáta(verbal puzzle) | — | |
| Finnish | arvoitus(verbal puzzle), arvata(to solve, answer, or explicate a riddle or question), puhkoa(to fill with holes like a riddle), rei’ittää(to fill with holes like a riddle), siivilöidä(to put something through a riddle or sieve), vilistä(to fill or spread throughout; to pervade) | — | |
| French | devinaille(verbal puzzle), devinette(verbal puzzle), énigme(verbal puzzle), cribler(to put something through a riddle or sieve), cribler(to fill with holes like a riddle), cribler(to fill or spread throughout; to pervade) | — | |
| Galician | adiviña(verbal puzzle), adiviñanza(verbal puzzle), cousiliña(verbal puzzle), resolver(to solve, answer, or explicate a riddle or question) | — | |
| Georgian | გამოცანა(verbal puzzle) | gamocana | |
| German | Rätsel(verbal puzzle), durchlöchern(to fill with holes like a riddle), enträtseln(to solve, answer, or explicate a riddle or question) | — | |
| Greek | αίνιγμα(verbal puzzle), γρίφος(verbal puzzle), εξηγώ(to solve, answer, or explicate a riddle or question), κοσκινίζω(to put something through a riddle or sieve), λύνω(to solve, answer, or explicate a riddle or question), ξεδιαλύνω(to solve, answer, or explicate a riddle or question), τρυπώ(to fill with holes like a riddle) | aínigma, grífos, exigó, koskinízo, lýno, xedialýno, trypó | |
| Hebrew | חִידָה(verbal puzzle) | ḥidá | |
| Hindi | पहेली(verbal puzzle), प्रहेलिका(verbal puzzle), बुझोवल(verbal puzzle), भेद(verbal puzzle), रहस्य(verbal puzzle), राज(verbal puzzle), राज़(verbal puzzle), समस्या(verbal puzzle) | pahelī, prahelikā, bujhoval, bhed, rahasya, rāj, rāz, samasyā | |
| Hungarian | fejtörő(verbal puzzle), feladvány(verbal puzzle), rejtvény(verbal puzzle), rejtély(verbal puzzle), talány(verbal puzzle) | — | |
| Icelandic | gáta(verbal puzzle) | — | |
| Indonesian | teka-teki(verbal puzzle) | — | |
| Ingrian | arvoitos(verbal puzzle) | — | |
| Irish | tomhas(verbal puzzle), criathraigh(to put something through a riddle or sieve), criathraigh(to fill with holes like a riddle), criathraigh(to fill or spread throughout; to pervade), rill(to put something through a riddle or sieve) | — | |
| Italian | enigma(verbal puzzle), indovinello(verbal puzzle), cospargere(to fill or spread throughout; to pervade), crivellare(to fill with holes like a riddle), forare(to fill with holes like a riddle), riempire(to fill or spread throughout; to pervade), risolvere(to solve, answer, or explicate a riddle or question), setacciare(to put something through a riddle or sieve), spiegare(to solve, answer, or explicate a riddle or question) | — | |
| Ivatan | kabbuni(verbal puzzle) | — | |
| Japanese | なぞなぞ(verbal puzzle), パズル(verbal puzzle), 判じ物(verbal puzzle), 謎(verbal puzzle), 謎々(verbal puzzle) | nazonazo, pazuru, hanjimono, nazo | |
| Kapampangan | bugtung(verbal puzzle), ibugtungan(to solve, answer, or explicate a riddle or question) | — | |
| Kazakh | жұмбақ(verbal puzzle) | jūmbaq | |
| Korean | 수수께끼(verbal puzzle) | susukkekki | |
| Kyrgyz | табышмак(verbal puzzle) | tabışmak | |
| Ladino | endevinas(verbal puzzle) | — | |
| Latin | aenigma(verbal puzzle) | — | |
| Latvian | mīkla(verbal puzzle) | — | |
| Lithuanian | mįslė(verbal puzzle) | — | |
| Macedonian | га́танка(verbal puzzle), загатка(verbal puzzle) | gátanka, zagatka | |
| Malay | teka-teki(verbal puzzle) | — | |
| Māori | panga(verbal puzzle), pere(verbal puzzle) | — | |
| Mirandese | adebina(verbal puzzle) | — | |
| Norwegian | gåte(verbal puzzle) | — | |
| Occitan | charrada(verbal puzzle), devinalha(verbal puzzle), enigma(verbal puzzle) | — | |
| Pashto | معما(verbal puzzle) | ma'mã | |
| Persian | معما(verbal puzzle), چیستان(verbal puzzle) | mo'ammâ, čistân | |
| Polish | rebus(verbal puzzle), zagadka(verbal puzzle), przesiać(to put something through a riddle or sieve) | — | |
| Portuguese | adivinha(verbal puzzle), charada(verbal puzzle), enigma(verbal puzzle), crivar(to fill with holes like a riddle) | — | |
| Romanian | cimilitură(verbal puzzle), ghicitoare(verbal puzzle) | — | |
| Russian | зага́дка(verbal puzzle), ре́бус(verbal puzzle), заполонять(to fill or spread throughout; to pervade), изрешечивать(to fill with holes like a riddle), просеивать(to put something through a riddle or sieve), разга́дывать(to solve, answer, or explicate a riddle or question), разгада́ть(to solve, answer, or explicate a riddle or question) | zagádka, rébus, zapolonjatʹ, izrešečivatʹ, proseivatʹ, razgádyvatʹ, razgadátʹ | |
| Scottish Gaelic | dubh-fhacal(verbal puzzle) | — | |
| Serbo-Croatian | enigma(verbal puzzle), zȁgonētka(verbal puzzle), енигма(verbal puzzle), за̏гоне̄тка(verbal puzzle) | — | |
| Sicilian | nimma(verbal puzzle), nnivinagghia(verbal puzzle) | — | |
| Slovak | hádanka(verbal puzzle) | — | |
| Slovene | uganka(verbal puzzle) | — | |
| Spanish | acertijo(verbal puzzle), adivinanza(verbal puzzle), cosicosa(verbal puzzle), enigma(verbal puzzle), quesiqués(verbal puzzle), quisicosa(verbal puzzle), agujerear(to fill with holes like a riddle), cribar(to put something through a riddle or sieve), harnear(to put something through a riddle or sieve), plagar(to fill or spread throughout; to pervade) | — | |
| Sundanese | tatarucingan(verbal puzzle), turucing(verbal puzzle), tuturucingan(verbal puzzle) | — | |
| Swahili | fumbo(verbal puzzle) | — | |
| Swedish | gåta(verbal puzzle) | — | |
| Tagalog | bugtong(verbal puzzle) | — | |
| Tajik | муаммо(verbal puzzle), чистон(verbal puzzle) | muammo, čiston | |
| Thai | ปริศนา(verbal puzzle) | bprìt-sà-nǎa | |
| Turkish | bilmece(verbal puzzle), bulmaca(verbal puzzle), esrar(verbal puzzle) | — | |
| Ukrainian | за́гадка(verbal puzzle) | záhadka | |
| Urdu | معما(verbal puzzle), پہیلی(verbal puzzle) | mu'ammā, pahelī | |
| Uyghur | تېپىشماق(verbal puzzle) | tëpishmaq | |
| Uzbek | topishmoq(verbal puzzle) | — | |
| Vietnamese | câu đố(verbal puzzle) | — | |
| Walloon | advina(verbal puzzle) | — | |
| Welsh | pos(verbal puzzle) | — | |
| Yakan | untukan(verbal puzzle) | — |
raaisel
cʼedzaʼ
gjëagjëzë, gjëegjëzë, sitë
müəmma, tapmaca
га́танка, зага́дка, надупчвам, отгатвам, посея, посявам, правя на решето, пресея, пресявам, разгадавам
gátanka, zagádka, nadupčvam, otgatvam, poseja, posjavam, pravja na rešeto, preseja, presjavam, razgadavam
endevinalla
hádanka, proděravět, prosít
gåde
raadsel, doordringen, doorspekt, doorzeven, raden, zeven
enigmo
mõistatus
gáta
arvoitus, arvata, puhkoa, rei’ittää, siivilöidä, vilistä
devinaille, devinette, énigme, cribler, cribler, cribler
adiviña, adiviñanza, cousiliña, resolver
Rätsel, durchlöchern, enträtseln
αίνιγμα, γρίφος, εξηγώ, κοσκινίζω, λύνω, ξεδιαλύνω, τρυπώ
aínigma, grífos, exigó, koskinízo, lýno, xedialýno, trypó
पहेली, प्रहेलिका, बुझोवल, भेद, रहस्य, राज, राज़, समस्या
pahelī, prahelikā, bujhoval, bhed, rahasya, rāj, rāz, samasyā
fejtörő, feladvány, rejtvény, rejtély, talány
gáta
teka-teki
arvoitos
tomhas, criathraigh, criathraigh, criathraigh, rill
enigma, indovinello, cospargere, crivellare, forare, riempire, risolvere, setacciare, spiegare
kabbuni
bugtung, ibugtungan
endevinas
aenigma
mīkla
mįslė
teka-teki
panga, pere
adebina
gåte
charrada, devinalha, enigma
rebus, zagadka, przesiać
adivinha, charada, enigma, crivar
cimilitură, ghicitoare
зага́дка, ре́бус, заполонять, изрешечивать, просеивать, разга́дывать, разгада́ть
zagádka, rébus, zapolonjatʹ, izrešečivatʹ, proseivatʹ, razgádyvatʹ, razgadátʹ
dubh-fhacal
enigma, zȁgonētka, енигма, за̏гоне̄тка
nimma, nnivinagghia
hádanka
uganka
acertijo, adivinanza, cosicosa, enigma, quesiqués, quisicosa, agujerear, cribar, harnear, plagar
tatarucingan, turucing, tuturucingan
fumbo
gåta
bugtong
bilmece, bulmaca, esrar
topishmoq
câu đố
advina
pos
untukan
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