A set of differentpuzzle s Origin uncertain; originallypusle pose ( “ to perplex, puzzle, interrogate ” ) +-le ( frequentative suffix ) . The verb (1590s) “to perplex” seems to predate the noun “state of being perplexed” (circa 1600), “perplexing question” (1650s), “toy” (1814).[ 1]
puzzle (plural puzzles
Anything that is difficult tounderstand ormake sense of .Where he went after he left the house is apuzzle .
Agame for one or more people that is more or less difficult towork out or complete. Acrossword puzzle . Ajigsaw puzzle . Ariddle . ( archaic ) The state of being puzzled;perplexity .to be in apuzzle
anything difficult to understand or make sense of
Albanian:enigmë (sq) f Arabic:لُغْز (ar) m ( luḡz ) ,أُحْجِيَّة f ( ʔuḥjiyya ) ,مُعْضِلَة (ar) f ( muʕḍila ) Armenian:գլուխկոտրուկ (hy) ( gluxkotruk ) ,հանելուկ (hy) ( haneluk ) ,առեղծված (hy) ( aṙeġcvac ) Azerbaijani:müəmma (az) Bashkir:башватҡыс ( başvatqıs ) Belarusian:зага́дка f ( zahádka ) Bengali:ধাঁধা (bn) ( dhãdha ) ,সমস্যা (bn) ( śomosśa ) Bhojpuri:पहेली ( pahēlī ) Bulgarian:зага́дка (bg) f ( zagádka ) Burmese:ပဟေဠိ (my) ( pa.heli. ) ,အမေးပုစ္ဆာ (my) ( a.me:puchca ) ,စကားထာ (my) ( ca.ka:hta ) Catalan:trencaclosques (ca) m Chinese:Mandarin:謎 / 谜 (zh) ( mí ) ,難題 / 难题 (zh) ( nántí ) Czech:záhada (cs) f Danish:gåde c Dutch:mysterie (nl) n raadsel (nl) n Estonian:mõistatus Finnish:arvoitus (fi) French:mystère (fr) m énigme (fr) f Georgian:თავსატეხი ( tavsaṭexi ) German:Rätsel (de) n Greek:γρίφος (el) m ( grífos ) Hebrew:חִידָה (he) f ( ḥidá ) Hindi:पहेली (hi) f ( pahelī ) ,रहस्य (hi) f ( rahasya ) ,राज़ m ( rāz ) ,भेद (hi) m ( bhed ) ,मुअम्मा (hi) m ( muammā ) ,समस्या (hi) f ( samasyā ) Hungarian:rejtély (hu) ,talány (hu) Italian:mistero (it) m rompicapo (it) m Japanese:謎 (ja) ( なぞ, nazo ) ,難題 (ja) ( なんだい, nandai ) ,難問 (ja) ( なんもん, nanmon ) Kazakh:жұмбақ ( jūmbaq ) Khiamniungan Naga:thǖyēu Khmer:បណ្ដៅ (km) ( bɑndaw ) ,ប្រស្នា (km) ( prɑsnaa ) Korean:수수께끼 (ko) ( susukkekki ) ,난제(難題) (ko) ( nanje ) ,난문(難問) ( nanmun ) Kurdish:Northern Kurdish:muema (ku) ,çiştan (ku) Kyrgyz:табышмак (ky) ( tabışmak ) Latvian:noslēpums m mīkla f Lithuanian:mįslė f Macedonian:за́гатка f ( zágatka ) Mongolian:Cyrillic:оньсого (mn) ( onʹsogo ) Mongolian:ᠣᠨᠢᠰᠤᠭᠠ ( onisug-a ) Norwegian:Bokmål:gåte (no) m or f Pashto:معما f ( ma'mã ) Persian:معما (fa) ( mo'ammâ ) ,چیستان (fa) ( čistân ) Polish:zagadka (pl) f Portuguese:enigma (pt) m Romanian:enigmă (ro) f Russian:зага́дка (ru) f ( zagádka ) ,затрудне́ние (ru) n ( zatrudnénije ) Sanskrit:प्रहेलिका (sa) f ( prahelikā ) Scottish Gaelic:dubh-fhacal m Serbo-Croatian:Cyrillic:за̏гоне̄тка f Roman:zȁgonētka (sh) f Slovak:záhada f Slovene:uganka (sl) f Spanish:rompecabezas (es) m enigma (es) m Swedish:gåta (sv) c mysterium (sv) n Tajik:муаммо (tg) ( muammo ) ,чистон (tg) ( čiston ) Tatar:башваткыч (tt) ( başwatkıç ) ,табышмак (tt) ( tabışmaq ) Thai:ปริศนา (th) ( bprìt-sà-nǎa ) Turkish:bulmaca (tr) ,muamma (tr) Ukrainian:зага́дка (uk) f ( zahádka ) Urdu:پہیلی f ( pahelī ) ,راز m ( rāz ) ,معما m ( mu'ammā ) Uyghur:تېپىشماق ( tëpishmaq ) Uzbek:jumboq (uz) ,topishmoq (uz) ,muammo (uz) ,chiston (uz) Vietnamese:sự bối rối (vi) ,sự khó xử (vi) ,(pleaseverify ) vấn đề khó xử(pleaseverify ) vấn đề khó giải quyết (vi) (pleaseverify ) vấn đề nan giải (vi) Welsh:pos m
game for one person
Arabic:أُحْجِيَّة f ( ʔuḥjiyya ) ,لُغْز (ar) m ( luḡz ) ,بَازْل m ( bāzl ) Armenian:գլուխկոտրուկ (hy) ( gluxkotruk ) Bashkir:башватҡыс ( başvatqıs ) Belarusian:галавало́мка f ( halavalómka ) Bulgarian:главоблъ́сканица f ( glavoblǎ́skanica ) ,пъ́зел (bg) m ( pǎ́zel ) Catalan:trencaclosques (ca) m Chinese:Mandarin:猜謎 游戲 / 猜谜 游戏 ( cāimí yóuxì ) ,智力 游戲 / 智力 游戏 ( zhìlì yóuxì ) Czech:hlavolam (cs) m Dutch:puzzel (nl) ,raadsel (nl) n hersenbreker (nl) m Estonian:please add this translation if you can Finnish:pulma (fi) ,pähkinä (fi) ,tehtävä (fi) French:puzzle (fr) m casse-tête (fr) m jeu de patience (fr) m Georgian:თავსატეხი თამაში ( tavsaṭexi tamaši ) German:Puzzle (de) n Geduldspiel n Geduldsspiel (de) n Hungarian:türelemjáték (hu) ,fejtörő (hu) ,rejtvény (hu) Icelandic:púsl n Italian:rompicapo (it) m Japanese:パズル (ja) ( pazuru ) Khmer:ល្បែងផ្គុំរូប ( lbaengphkumruup ) Korean:퍼즐 ( peojeul ) ,짝맞추기 ( jjangmatchugi ) Latvian:please add this translation if you can Lithuanian:please add this translation if you can Macedonian:за́гатка f ( zágatka ) Maori:panga Polish:łamigłówka (pl) f Portuguese:desafio (pt) m Russian:головоло́мка (ru) f ( golovolómka ) ,пазл (ru) m ( pazl ) Serbo-Croatian:Cyrillic:за̏гоне̄тка f Roman:zȁgonētka (sh) f Slovak:hlavolam (sk) m Slovene:uganka (sl) f Spanish:rompecabezas (es) m puzle (es) m Swedish:pussel (sv) n Thai:ปริศนา (th) ( bprìt-sà-nǎa ) Turkish:please add this translation if you can Ukrainian:головоло́мка f ( holovolómka ) ,пазл (uk) m ( pazl ) Vietnamese:(pleaseverify ) trò chơi đố (pleaseverify ) câu đố (vi)
riddle
Arabic:لُغْز (ar) m ( luḡz ) ,أُحْجِيَّة f ( ʔuḥjiyya ) ,مُعْضِلَة (ar) f ( muʕḍila ) Armenian:հանելուկ (hy) ( haneluk ) Bashkir:йомаҡ ( yomaq ) Chinese:Mandarin:謎語 / 谜语 (zh) ( míyǔ ) Czech:hádanka (cs) f Dutch:raadsel (nl) n Faroese:gáta f Finnish:arvoitus (fi) French:devinette (fr) f German:Rätsel (de) n Hebrew:חִידָה (he) f ( ḥidá ) Hungarian:rejtvény (hu) ,fejtörő (hu) ,feladvány (hu) Indonesian:teka-teki (id) Italian:indovinello (it) m Japanese:謎々 (ja) ( なぞなぞ, nazonazo ) ,判じ物 ( はんじもの, hanjimono ) ,謎 (ja) ( なぞ, nazo ) ,パズル (ja) ( pazuru ) Macedonian:га́танка f ( gátanka ) Malay:teka-teki Maori:panga Persian:معما (fa) ( mo'ammâ ) Polish:zagadka (pl) f rebus (pl) m Portuguese:charada (pt) f enigma (pt) m Russian:зага́дка (ru) f ( zagádka ) ,ре́бус (ru) m ( rébus ) Scottish Gaelic:dubh-fhacal m Serbo-Croatian:Cyrillic:за̏гоне̄тка f Roman:zȁgonētka (sh) f Sicilian:nnivinagghia (scn) f nimma (scn) f Slovak:hádanka (sk) f Spanish:acertijo (es) m Swedish:gåta (sv) c Thai:ปริศนา (th) ( bprìt-sà-nǎa ) Ukrainian:зага́дка (uk) f ( zahádka ) Vietnamese:câu đố (vi)
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puzzle (third-person singular simple present puzzles present participle puzzling simple past and past participle puzzled
( transitive ) perplex ,confuse , ormystify ; to cause (someone) to be faced with a mystery, without answers or an explanation.1634 September 1 (Gregorian calendar),Robert Sanderson , “[ Ad Clerum.] The Fourth Sermon. At a Metropolitical Visitation at Grantham, Lincoln, 22 August 1634.”, inXXXIV Sermons. [ … ] , 5th edition, London: [ … ] [ A. Clark] for A. Seil, and are to be sold by G. Sawbridge, [ … ] 1671 ,→OCLC page65 :Mensdaily occaſions for themſelves or friends, and theneceſities of common life , require the doing ofa thouſand things vvithin the compaſs of a fevv dayes, for vvhich it vvouldpuzzle the beſtTextman that liveth; readily to bethink himself ofa ſentence in the Bible , clear enough to ſatisfie a ſcrupulous conſcience ofthe lavvfulneſs andexpediency of vvhat he is about to do;[ …]
1668 Henry More ], “(please specify the page) ”, inDivine Dialogues, Containing Sundry Disquisitions & Instructions Concerning the Attributes of God and His Providence in the World. [ … ] , 2nd edition, London: [ … ] Joseph Downing [ … ] 1713 ,→OCLC A very shrewd disputant in those points is dexterous inpuzzling others, if they be not thoroughpaced speculators in those great theories.
1712 February 13 (Gregorian calendar), [Joseph Addison ;Richard Steele et al. ], “SATURDAY, February 2, 1711–1712”, inThe Spectator 291 ; republished inAlexander Chalmers , editor,The Spectator; a New Edition, [ … ] , volume III, New York, N.Y.:D[aniel] Appleton & Company ,1853 ,→OCLC He is perpetuallypuzzled and perplexed amidst his own blunders. The spelling has been modernized. 1927 F. E. Penny , chapter 4, inPulling the Strings The case was that of a murder. It had an element of mystery about it, however, which waspuzzling the authorities. A turban and loincloth soaked in blood had been found; also a staff.
( intransitive ) think long andcarefully inbewilderment .Wepuzzled over the curious-shaped lock, but were unable to discover how the key should be inserted.
( transitive ) intricate ordifficult toresolve ; toentangle .1712 (date written),[Joseph] Addison ,Cato, a Tragedy. [ … ] [ … ] J[ acob] Tonson , [ … ] 1713 ,→OCLC page 2 :The Ways of Heav’n are dark and intricate,Puzzled in Mazes, and perplext with Errors;[ …]
to perplex
Bulgarian:обърквам (bg) ( obǎrkvam ) ,озадачавам (bg) ( ozadačavam ) Dutch:verbijsteren (nl) ,verwarren (nl) ,in de war brengen Finnish:askarruttaa (fi) French:(pleaseverify ) rendre perplexe German:durcheinander bringen verwirren (de) Italian:(pleaseverify ) rendere perplesso Maori:whakapōkaikaha whakapōkīkī Portuguese:confundir (pt) ,desconcertar (pt) ,intrigar (pt) Serbo-Croatian:zbúniti (sh) ,smȅsti (sh) Spanish:intrigar (es) ,dejar perplejo desconcertar (es)
Borrowed fromEnglish puzzle [ 1]
IPA (key ) : [ˈpazl̩] ( nonstandard, hyperforeign ) IPA (key ) : [ˈput͡slɛ] puzzle m inan or n or f
jigsaw puzzle Also used as an indeclinable noun of various genders, most often neuter.[ 2]
Although the standard pronunciation of this word, which has been borrowed from English, is/ˈpazl̩/ , another common informal pronunciation is/ˈput͡sle/ , which is ahyperforeignism pizza [ 3] puzzle is different.
when masculine:
Declension ofpuzzle (hard masculine inanimate foreign )
Indeclinable when neuter or feminine.
Unadapted borrowing fromEnglish puzzle
IPA (key ) : /pœ.zœl/ ,/pœzl/ ,/pyzl/ puzzle m plural puzzles
jigsaw puzzle Borrowed fromEnglish puzzle
IPA (key ) : [ˈpaːzl̩] ,[ˈpaːzəl] ( also with a short[a] ) Hyphenation:puzzle ( cannot be hyphenated ) Rhymes:-əl puzzle (plural puzzle-ök or puzzle-ok or puzzle-k [ 1] [ 2]
jigsaw puzzle Synonyms: (képes )kirakó /kirakójáték ,kirakós (játék )képkirakó /képkirakós (játék )( rare ) pázli or
or[ 1] [ 2]
kirak ( “ to do [a jigsaw puzzle] ” ) Unadapted borrowing fromEnglish puzzle
IPA (key ) : /ˈpad.d͡zol/ IPA (key ) : ( careful style ) /ˈpa.zol/ ,( careful style ) /ˈpa.zel/ [ 1] puzzle m invariable
jigsaw puzzle ( by extension ) problem puzzle Borrowed fromEnglish puzzle
puzzle nvir pl
jigsaw puzzle ( type of puzzle in which the aim is to reconstruct a picture that has been cut (originally, with a jigsaw) into many small interlocking pieces ) puzzle m animal
nominative / accusative / vocative plural ofpuzzel puzzle inWielki słownik języka polskiego , Instytut Języka Polskiego PANpuzzle in Polish dictionaries at PWNpuzzle in PWN's encyclopediaUnadapted borrowing fromEnglish puzzle
puzzle m plural puzzles
jigsaw puzzle Unadapted borrowing fromEnglish puzzle
puzzle n plural puzzle-uri
puzzle Borrowed fromEnglish puzzle
IPA (key ) : ( Spain ) /ˈpuθle/ [ˈpuθ.le] IPA (key ) : ( Latin America, Philippines ) /ˈpusle/ [ˈpus.le] Rhymes:-uθle Rhymes:-usle Syllabification:puzz‧le puzzle m plural puzzles
jigsaw puzzle The current RAE recommended spelling ispuzle
Unadapted borrowing fromEnglish puzzle
puzzle (definite accusative puzzle'ı plural puzzle'lar
jigsaw puzzle Synonyms: pazıl yapboz 
