puzzles in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for puzzles in the English»French Dictionary

I.puzzle [Brit ˈpʌz(ə)l, Am ˈpəzəl] N

1. puzzle (mystery):

puzzle

mystère m

it's a puzzle to me how/why

je n'arrive pas à comprendre comment/pourquoi

it's a bit of a puzzle inf Brit

c'est un peu mystérieux

2. puzzle GAMES:

puzzle

casse-tête m inv

II.puzzle [Brit ˈpʌz(ə)l, Am ˈpəzəl] VB trans

puzzle question, attitude person:

puzzle

déconcerter

III.puzzle [Brit ˈpʌz(ə)l, Am ˈpəzəl] VB intr

to puzzle over sth

réfléchir à qc

See also jigsaw, crossword

jigsaw [Brit ˈdʒɪɡsɔː, Am ˈdʒɪɡˌsɔ] N

1. jigsaw:

jigsaw, a. jigsaw puzzle

puzzle m

2. jigsaw TECH:

jigsaw

scie f sauteuse

crossword [Brit ˈkrɒswəːd, Am ˈkrɔswərd] N a. crossword puzzle

crossword

mots mpl croisés

crossword

grille f de mots croisés

to do the crossword

faire les mots croisés

to do the crossword attr competition, book

de mots croisés

monkey puzzle, monkey puzzle tree N

monkey puzzle

araucaria m

Chinese puzzle N lit, fig

Chinese puzzle

casse-tête m chinois

I.puzzle out VB [Brit ˈpʌz(ə)l -, Am ˈpəzəl -] (puzzle out [sth], puzzle [sth] out)

puzzle out identity, meaning:

puzzle out

deviner

puzzle book N

puzzle book

livre m de jeux

Your search term in other parts of the dictionary

jigsaw, a. jigsaw puzzle

puzzle m

Translations for puzzles in the French»English Dictionary

Your search term in other parts of the dictionary

casse-tête

puzzle

casse-tête chinois GAMES

Chinese puzzle

araucaria

monkey puzzle tree, araucaria spec

dérouter

to puzzle

puzzle

jigsaw puzzle

un puzzle de 2 000 pièces

a 2, 000-piece jigsaw puzzle

puzzles in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for puzzles in the English»French Dictionary

I.puzzle [ˈpʌz·l] VB trans

puzzle

intriguer

II.puzzle [ˈpʌz·l] VB intr

to puzzle about [or over] sth

chercher à comprendre qc

III.puzzle [ˈpʌz·l] N

1. puzzle (analytical game):

puzzle

devinette f

2. puzzle (mechanical game):

puzzle

casse-tête m

3. puzzle (jigsaw puzzle):

puzzle

puzzle m

puzzle

casse-tête m Quebec

4. puzzle (mystery):

puzzle

mystère m

puzzle out VB trans

puzzle out

deviner

jigsaw (puzzle) N a. fig

jigsaw (puzzle)

puzzle m

crossword (puzzle) N

crossword (puzzle)

mots mpl croisés

Translations for puzzles in the French»English Dictionary

Your search term in other parts of the dictionary

puzzle

jigsaw puzzle

rébus (casse-tête)

puzzle

rendre qn perplexe

to puzzle sb

casse-tête

puzzle

grille de mots croisés

crossword puzzle

intriguer

to puzzle

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

The puzzles were generally considered by critics as challenging and well-done.

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You need to go for puzzles and riddles, little conundrums, such as where on earth has that candyfloss machine gone?

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One feature that makes the magazine attractive to collectors and puzzlers is the rigorous numbering of all its puzzles.

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In books 1-3, she is obsessed with crossword puzzles, but switches to word jumbles in book 4.

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The levels contain various puzzles including moving platforms, lemming catapults, and trampolines.

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These were primarily children-orientated products, such as colouring books, puzzles and crayons.

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People with a high level of inductive reasoning aptitude may be better at solving such puzzles than others.

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And it challenges you to solve puzzles by exploring environments mostly cloaked in darkness to find objects you can use to control light.

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There are simple platforming sections and puzzles (or switches) that progress you to the next location.

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Such classical ciphers still enjoy popularity today, though mostly as puzzles (see cryptogram).

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