SPHINX - Translation from French into English

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Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

French

English

sphinx <pl sphinx> [sfɛ̃ks] N m

1. sphinx:

sphinx MYTH, ART: Sphinx

2. sphinx (papillon):

sphinx: hawkmoth

sphinx tête de mort: death's-head moth

l'énigme du Sphinx: the riddle of the Sphinx

English

French

sphinx moth: sphinx m

sphinx: sphinx m

the Sphinx: le Sphinx

sphinx: sphinx m

death's head moth: sphinx m tête-de-mort

the riddle of the Sphinx: l'énigme du Sphinx

in the PONS Dictionary

French

English

sphinx [sfɛ̃ks] N m

1. sphinx:

sphinx: sphinx

2. sphinx ZOOL (papillon):

sphinx: hawk moth

English

French

hawk moth: sphinx m

in the PONS Dictionary

French

English

sphinx [sfɛ͂ks] N m

1. sphinx:

sphinx: sphinx

2. sphinx ZOOL (papillon):

sphinx: hawkmoth

English

French

hawk moth: sphinx m

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Buzzati n'est ni théoricien ni philosophe, mais il interroge naïvement l'énigme du monde.

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Les participants disposaient de 30 secondes pour résoudre l'énigme dite 'classique' et un indice était divulgué pendant le compte à rebours.

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Une tentative de résolution de l’énigme est relancée en décembre 2016 par un journal norvégien et à l'aide de techniques modernes.

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C'est pourquoi beaucoup des analyses modernes tentent seulement de décrypter les indications du texte, pour résoudre l'énigme arithmétique qu'il énonce.

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Cette énigme est à l'origine de nombre de supputations métaphysiques.

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