mysterious

English

Etymology

From Middle French mystérieux.

Pronunciation

Rhymes: -ɪəriəs
(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /mɪˈstɪəɹi.əs/
(General American) IPA^(key): /məˈstɪɹi.əs/
Audio (US) (file)

Adjective

mysterious (comparative more mysterious, superlative most mysterious)

Of unknown origin.
Synonym: untraceable

He received a mysterious phone call this morning.
Having unknown qualities.
Synonyms: esoteric, uncertain, undefined; see also Thesaurus:mysterious

Hyponyms: anonymous, faceless, unexplored, unnamed, long-mysterious

Our boss is a mysterious man who hardly ever meets with us.
Difficult to understand.
Synonyms: see Thesaurus:incomprehensible

Why he left without saying goodbye is quite mysterious.
Deliberately evasive or enigmatic.
Synonyms: see Thesaurus:covert

Stop being mysterious and just tell me what you want.

Derived terms

Related terms

mystery

Translations

of unknown origin

Afrikaans: misterieus
Albanian: misterioz (sq)
Arabic: غَامِض‎ (ḡāmiḍ)
Armenian: խորհրդավոր (hy) (xorhrdavor), առեղծվածային (hy) (aṙełcvacayin), հանելուկային (hy) (hanelukayin)
Asturian: misteriosu
Basque: misteriotsu, misteriozko
Belarusian: таямні́чы (tajamníčy)
Bulgarian: таи́нствен (taínstven)
Catalan: misteriós (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 神秘 (zh) (shénmì)
Czech: tajemný (cs) m, záhadný (cs) m
Dutch: geheimzinnig (nl), mysterieus (nl)
Esperanto: mistera
Estonian: salapärane
Finnish: salaperäinen (fi), mystinen (fi), outo (fi)
French: mystérieux (fr)
Galician: misterioso
Georgian: ფარული (paruli), იდუმალი (idumali)
German: mysteriös (de)
Greek: μυστήριος (el) (mystírios)
Hebrew: מִסְתּוֹרִי‎
Hindi: रहस्यपूर्ण (rahasyapūrṇa), गूढ (gūḍh)
Hungarian: titokzatos (hu), rejtelmes (hu), rejtélyes (hu)
Ido: misterioza (io)
Indonesian: misterius (id)
Irish: rúndiamhair
Italian: misterioso (it), ignoto (it) m
Japanese: 神秘的な (しんぴてきな, shinpiteki na), ミステリアスな (misuteriasu na), 不思議な (ja) (ふしぎな, fushigi na)
Khmer: please add this translation if you can
Korean: 신비한 (sinbi-han) (神秘 (ko) + 한 (ko) (han))

Latin: arcanus, mysterius, obscurus (la), tectus (la), occultus, mysticus, secretus, reconditus
Latvian: mīklains, noslēpumains
Lithuanian: paslaptingas
Malay: penuh misteri
Maori: porehu
Mongolian: нууц далд (nuuts dald)
Norman: mystéthieux
Occitan: misteriós (oc)
Persian: مبهم‎ (fa) (mobham), مرموز‎ (fa) (marmuz)
Polish: tajemniczy (pl)
Portuguese: misterioso (pt)
Romanian: misterios (ro)
Russian: таи́нственный (ru) (taínstvennyj), зага́дочный (ru) (zagádočnyj)
Scottish Gaelic: dìomhair
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: тајанствен, загонетан

Roman: tajanstven (sh), zagonetan (sh)
Slovak: tajomný, záhadný
Slovene: skrivnosten (sl)
Spanish: misterioso
Swahili: kidube
Swedish: mystisk (sv)
Tagalog: katakataka
Thai: ลี้ลับ (lée láp)
Tibetan: མགོ་འཐོམ་ཡག (mgo 'thom yag)
Turkish: gizemli (tr), esrarlı (tr)
Turkmen: syrly
Ukrainian: таємни́чий (tajemnýčyj)
Vietnamese: thần bí (vi) (神秘)
Welsh: cyfriniol (cy), rhiniol
Yiddish: מיסטעריעז‎ (misteriez)

having unknown qualities

Chinese:
Mandarin: please add this translation if you can
Czech: tajuplný
Dutch: geheimzinnig (nl), raadselachtig (nl), mysterieus (nl)
Finnish: salaperäinen (fi), mystinen (fi)
Georgian: იდუმალი (idumali)
German: rätselhaft (de)
Ido: misterioza (io)

Irish: rúnda
Latin: arcanus, secretus, occultus, reconditus, mysticus, occultus, tectus (la), obscurus (la)
Latvian: noslēpumains, mīklains
Malay: penuh misteri
Portuguese: misterioso (pt)
Russian: неизве́стный (ru) (neizvéstnyj)
Scottish Gaelic: dìomhair

difficult to understand

Chinese:
Mandarin: please add this translation if you can
Finnish: vaikeaselkoinen
Norwegian: mystiskt (lit), mystiskt (literally)
Bokmål: mystisk

Nynorsk: mystisk

Portuguese: misterioso (pt)
Russian: непостижи́мый (ru) (nepostižímyj), непоня́тный (ru) (neponjátnyj)

deliberately evasive or enigmatic

Chinese:
Mandarin: please add this translation if you can
Finnish: arvoituksellinen (fi)

Portuguese: misterioso (pt)
Russian: зага́дочный (ru) (zagádočnyj), таи́нственный (ru) (taínstvennyj)

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Translations to be checked

Faroese: ^{(please verify)} dularfullur

Norwegian: ^{(please verify)} mystisk

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