English

Pronunciation
audio|en-us-mystery.ogg|Audio (US)

Etymology
From ME. mysterie < L. mysterium#Latin|mysterium < AGr. polytonic|μ���ή�ιον (musterion) �a mystery, a secret, a secret rite� < polytonic|μ���η� (must�s) �initiated one� < polytonic|μ�έ� �I initiate� < polytonic|μ�� (mu�) �I shut�

Noun
en-noun|mysteries

1. Something secret or unexplainable; unknown.

#:The truth behind the events remains a mystery.

1. Someone or thing with an obscure or puzzling nature.

#:That man is a mystery.

1. rfv-sense A truth that needs divine revelation.
2. rfv-sense A particular sequence of events in the life of Jesus|Christ.
3. In the plural, in usage until the 18th century, the name given to different trades.

Synonyms
roun italbrac|obsolete

Related terms
mysterious
mystify

Translations
trans-top|something secret or unexplainable
Arabic: Arab|سر IPAchar|(ser) m
Chinese: �� (shénmì)
Czech: záhada f
Dutch: mysterie n
Finnish: salaisuus
French: mystère m
German: Geheimnis n
Hungarian: rejtély
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Italian: misterio m
Japanese: ����� (misuterī)
Korean: �� (sinbi)
Portuguese: misterio m
Russian: �айна (tájna) f, загадка (zagádka) f
Spanish: misterio m
Swedish: mysterium c
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trans-top|Someone or thing with an obscure or puzzling nature
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Russian: загадка (zagádka) f
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Translations to be checked
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ttbc|Ancient Greek: μ���ή�ιον n
ttbc|Indonesian: keajaiban
ttbc|Italian: mistero m, giallo m
ttbc|Slovak: záhada f

References
Mysteries: http://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1867-c1/ch15.htm#S9

See also
wikipedia|mystery (disambiguation)

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