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Translate cryptic from English to French

Summary

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cryptic:
- cryptique; occulte; caché; obscur; secret
Wiktionary:
- cryptic → mystérieux, énigmatique
- cryptic → cryptique, abscons

English

Detailed Translations for cryptic from English to French

cryptic:

cryptic adj

cryptic
cryptique; occulte; caché; obscur; secret
- cryptique adj
- occulte adj
- caché adj
- obscur adj
- secret adj

Translation Matrix for cryptic:

Noun	Related Translations	Other Translations
secret		concealment; confidentiality; mysteriousness; mystery; privacy; secrecy; secret; secretiveness; stealth
Adjective	Related Translations	Other Translations
caché	cryptic	clandestine; concealed; disguised; furtive; hidden; in disguise; on the quiet; on the sly; quietly; secret; secretly; silently; sneakily; sneaking; softly; stealthy; surreptitiously; under cover; undisclosed; unnoticed; unobserved; unperceived; unseen; veiled
-	cabalistic; cryptical; deep; inscrutable; kabbalistic; mysterious; mystifying; qabalistic; sibylline
Modifier	Related Translations	Other Translations
cryptique	cryptic
obscur	cryptic	bewildered; chaotic; complex; complicated; confused; dark; deceitful; difficult; diffuse; disconcerted; disordered; dubious; enigmatic; flustered; grimy; inconvenient; indistinct; intricate; involved; malicious; mendacious; mysterious; nasty; obscure; ominous; problematic; questionable; scary; shady; shifty; sinister; slimy; suspect; suspicious; uncertain; unclear; unlit; unreliable; vague
occulte	cryptic	occult
secret	cryptic	behind someone's back; clandestine; concealed; covert; covertly; disguised; enigmatic; furtive; hidden; in disguise; in secret; malicious; mean; mysterious; 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

Synonyms for "cryptic":

cryptical; deep; inscrutable; mysterious; mystifying; inexplicable; incomprehensible
cabalistic; kabbalistic; qabalistic; sibylline; esoteric
concise

Related Definitions for "cryptic":

having a puzzling terseness¹
- a cryptic note¹
having a secret or hidden meaning¹
- cryptic writings¹
of an obscure nature¹
- the new insurance policy is written without cryptic or mysterious terms¹

Wiktionary Translations for cryptic:

cryptic

adjective

mystified or of an obscure nature
- cryptic → mystérieux; énigmatique

Cross Translation:

From	To	Via
• cryptic	→ cryptique; abscons	↔ kryptisch — unverständlich oder unklar in der Ausdrucksweise oder Darstellung

¹WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University