enigmatic

See also: enigmàtic

English

Alternative forms

• ænigmatic (archaic)
• ænigmatick (obsolete)
• enigmatick (obsolete)

Etymology

From Latin aenigmaticus and French énigmatique, from Ancient Greek αἰνιγματικός (ainigmatikós); equivalent to enigma +‎ -tic.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˌɛnɪɡˈmætɪk/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Adjective

enigmatic (comparative more enigmatic, superlative most enigmatic)

1. Pertaining to an enigma.
2. Mysterious.
   • 1910, Emerson Hough, chapter I, in The Purchase Price: Or The Cause of Compromise, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:

     Serene, smiling, enigmatic, she faced him with no fear whatever showing in her dark eyes. The clear light of the bright autumn morning had no terrors for youth and health like hers.

3. Defying description.
4. (variant) Enigmatical.

Synonyms

• (mysterious): See also Thesaurus:mysterious
• (defying description): See also Thesaurus:incomprehensible

Derived terms

• enigmatic canon

 

Translations

pertaining to an enigma

• Asturian: enigmáticu
• Basque: enigmatiko
• Belarusian: зага́дкавы (zahádkavy), таямні́чы (tajamníčy)
• Bulgarian: зага́дъчен (bg) (zagádǎčen)
• Catalan: enigmàtic (ca)
• Czech: záhadný (cs), tajemný (cs)
• Finnish: arvoituksellinen (fi)
• French: énigmatique (fr)
• Galician: enigmático (gl) m
• German: rätselhaft (de)
• Greek: αινιγματικός (el) (ainigmatikós)
• Italian: enigmatico (it)
• Japanese: 謎めいた (なぞめいた, nazomeita)
• Korean: 수수께끼의 (susukkekki-ui)
• Latin: aenigmaticus
• Lithuanian: mįslingas
• Occitan: enigmatic (oc)
• Polish: zagadkowy (pl), enigmatyczny (pl)
• Portuguese: enigmático (pt)
• Romanian: enigmatic (ro)
• Russian: зага́дочный (ru) (zagádočnyj)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Roman: enigmàtičan

• Slovak: záhadný, tajomný
• Spanish: enigmático (es)
• Swedish: enigmatisk (sv)
• Turkish: muğlak (tr)
• Ukrainian: загадко́вий (zahadkóvyj), таємни́чий (tajemnýčyj)
• Welsh: enigmatig, enigmataidd

mysterious

• Asturian: enigmáticu
• Azerbaijani: müəmmalı (az), əsrarəngiz, əsrarlı
• Basque: enigmatiko
• Bulgarian: мистерио́зен (bg) (misteriózen)
• Catalan: enigmàtic (ca)
• Dutch: raadselachtig (nl)
• Finnish: mystinen (fi)
• French: énigmatique (fr)
• Galician: enigmático (gl)
• German: mysteriös (de) m or n, mysteriöse (de) f
• Greek: αινιγματικός (el) (ainigmatikós)
• Italian: enigmatico (it)
• Japanese: 神秘的な (ja) (しんぴてきな, shinpiteki na)
• Latin: aenigmaticus
• Lithuanian: mįslingas
• Occitan: enigmatic (oc)
• Polish: zagadkowy (pl)
• Portuguese: enigmático (pt)
• Romanian: enigmatic (ro)
• Russian: зага́дочный (ru) (zagádočnyj)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Roman: enigmàtičan, zȁgonētan (sh), tajànstven (sh)

• Spanish: enigmático (es)
• Ukrainian: загадко́вий (zahadkóvyj), таємни́чий (tajemnýčyj)

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French énigmatique. Equivalent to enigmă +‎ -atic.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [eniɡˈmatik]

Adjective

enigmatic m or n (feminine singular enigmatică, masculine plural enigmatici, feminine and neuter plural enigmatice)

1. enigmatic

   Synonym: misterios

Declension

		singular				plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine		masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative- accusative	indefinite	enigmatic		enigmatică		enigmatici	enigmatice
	definite	enigmaticul		enigmatica		enigmaticii	enigmaticele
genitive- dative	indefinite	enigmatic		enigmatice		enigmatici	enigmatice
	definite	enigmaticului		enigmaticei		enigmaticelor	enigmaticilor