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enigmatic:
- mystérieux; mystérieuse; énigmatique; obscur; secret; mystérieusement
Wiktionary:
- enigmatic → énigmatique, amphigourique
- enigmatic → mystérieux, énigmatique

English

Detailed Translations for enigmatic from English to French

enigmatic:

enigmatic adj

enigmatic (mysterious)
mystérieux; mystérieuse; énigmatique; obscur; secret; mystérieusement
- mystérieux adj
- mystérieuse adj
- énigmatique adj
- obscur adj
- secret adj
- mystérieusement adj

Translation Matrix for enigmatic:

Noun	Related Translations	Other Translations
secret		concealment; confidentiality; mysteriousness; mystery; privacy; secrecy; secret; secretiveness; stealth
Adjective	Related Translations	Other Translations
-	enigmatical; oracular; puzzling
Modifier	Related Translations	Other Translations
mystérieuse	enigmatic; mysterious
mystérieusement	enigmatic; mysterious
mystérieux	enigmatic; mysterious
obscur	enigmatic; mysterious	bewildered; chaotic; complex; complicated; confused; cryptic; dark; deceitful; difficult; diffuse; disconcerted; disordered; dubious; flustered; grimy; inconvenient; indistinct; intricate; involved; malicious; mendacious; nasty; obscure; ominous; problematic; questionable; scary; shady; shifty; sinister; slimy; suspect; suspicious; uncertain; unclear; unlit; unreliable; vague
secret	enigmatic; mysterious	behind someone's back; clandestine; concealed; covert; covertly; cryptic; disguised; furtive; hidden; in disguise; in secret; malicious; mean; nasty; not saying much; on the quiet; on the sly; quietly; reserved; secret; secretive; secretly; silently; sneakily; sneaking; sneaky; softly; stealthily; stealthy; subterranean; surreptitiously; taciturn; tight-lipped; underground; underhand; undisclosed; unobserved; unperceived; unseen; veiled
énigmatique	enigmatic; mysterious

Synonyms for "enigmatic":

enigmatical; puzzling; incomprehensible; uncomprehensible
oracular; ambiguous

Related Definitions for "enigmatic":

resembling an oracle in obscurity of thought¹
- so enigmatic that priests might have to clarify it¹
- an enigmatic smile¹
not clear to the understanding¹
- I didn't grasp the meaning of that enigmatic comment until much later¹
- prophetic texts so enigmatic that their meaning has been disputed for centuries¹

Wiktionary Translations for enigmatic:

enigmatic

adjective

mysterious
- enigmatic → énigmatique
pertaining to an enigma
- enigmatic → énigmatique

enigmatic

adjective

Qui a le caractère de l’amphigouri.
- amphigourique → enigmatic; obscure; puzzling
Qui renferme une énigme ou qui tient de l’énigme.
- énigmatique → enigmatic; puzzling

Cross Translation:

From	To	Via
• enigmatic	→ mystérieux; énigmatique	↔ raadselachtig — onbegrijpelijk door dubbelzinnige of verborgen informatie
• enigmatic	→ énigmatique	↔ änigmatisch — bildungssprachlich, selten: nicht zu durchschauen oder zu erklären

¹WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University