noun🔗ShareÉnigmeA verbal puzzle, mystery, or other problem of an intellectual nature."The teacher gave us a difficult riddle to solve. "Le professeur nous a donné une énigme difficile à résoudre.mindliteratureentertainmentlanguageChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareÉnigmeAn ancient verbal, poetic, or literary form, in which, rather than a rhyme scheme, there are parallel opposing expressions with a hidden meaning."The teacher posed a riddle to the class: "What has an eye, but cannot see?" "Le professeur a posé une énigme à la classe : « Qu'est-ce qui a un œil, mais ne peut pas voir ? »literaturelanguageentertainmentwordstylewritingChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareParler de manière énigmatique, s'exprimer par énigmesTo speak ambiguously or enigmatically."My grandmother often riddled me with questions about my future career, leaving me unsure of what she truly wanted to know. "Ma grand-mère me posait souvent des questions énigmatiques sur ma future carrière, me laissant perplexe quant à ce qu'elle voulait vraiment savoir.languagecommunicationChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareRésoudre une énigme, devinerTo solve, answer, or explicate a riddle or question."Riddle me this."Résous-moi ça.mindlanguagewordcommunicationphilosophyliteratureChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareCribleA sieve with coarse meshes, usually of wire, for separating coarser materials from finer, as chaff from grain, cinders from ashes, or gravel from sand."The farmer used a riddle to separate the wheat from the chaff. "Le fermier a utilisé un crible pour séparer le blé de la balle.utensilagriculturemachineitemChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗SharePalanA board with a row of pins, set zigzag, between which wire is drawn to straighten it."The blacksmith used the riddle to straighten the wire for the new fence. "Le forgeron a utilisé le palan pour redresser le fil de fer pour la nouvelle clôture.technicalmachineindustrydeviceChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTamiser, criblerTo put something through a riddle or sieve, to sieve, to sift."You have to riddle the gravel before you lay it on the road."Vous devez tamiser le gravier avant de le poser sur la route.processutensilChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareCribler, percer de trousTo fill with holes like a riddle."The shots from his gun began to riddle the targets."Les tirs de son arme ont commencé à cribler les cibles.materialstructureChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareImprégner, envahirTo fill or spread throughout; to pervade."Your argument is riddled with errors."Votre argument est truffé d'erreurs.conditionsituationChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareRideau, rideau de litA curtain; bed-curtain"The old-fashioned bedroom had a beautiful, lace-trimmed riddle at the window. "La chambre à coucher démodée avait un beau rideau de lit en dentelle à la fenêtre.propertyarchitectureitemChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareRideaux d'autelOne of the pair of curtains enclosing an altar on the north and south"The church's north and south altar riddles were draped in rich, crimson velvet. "Les rideaux d'autel nord et sud de l'église étaient drapés de velours cramoisi riche.religionritualChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTresser, entrelacerTo plait"The chef expertly riddled the dough, creating a beautiful, intricate pattern. "Le chef a expertement tressé la pâte, créant un motif magnifique et complexe.styleappearanceChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
