rebus

Etymology
From, or directly from its probable , the   of , ultimately from. The connection between the English word and its Latin etymon is unclear.

The following possibilities have been suggested, but according to the  are problematic:


 * According to the French scholar (1613–1692) in Les origines de la langue françoise (The Origins of the French Language, 1650), it is taken from the phrase de rebus quae geruntur (“concerning the things that are taking place”) which was used in 16th-century Picardy as the name for satirical writings on contemporary subjects containing picture-riddles that were composed for an annual carnival. However, the term rebus de Picardie is first attested later than the word rébus, and so could simply refer to rebuses popular in Picardy at the time.
 * Alternatively, it could be from the phrase nōn verbīs sed rēbus meaning “not by words but by things”, but this “encounters difficulties in the chronology of the senses in French”.

Noun

 * 1) An arrangement of pictures, symbols, and/or words representing phrases or words, especially as a word puzzle.
 * 2)  A pictographic component of a compound character (e.g. sinograph) used to hint at the pronunciation of the compound.
 * 3)  An arrangement of pictures on a coat of arms which suggests the name of the person to whom it belongs.
 * 1)  A pictographic component of a compound character (e.g. sinograph) used to hint at the pronunciation of the compound.
 * 2)  An arrangement of pictures on a coat of arms which suggests the name of the person to whom it belongs.
 * 1)  An arrangement of pictures on a coat of arms which suggests the name of the person to whom it belongs.
 * 1)  An arrangement of pictures on a coat of arms which suggests the name of the person to whom it belongs.

Translations

 * Armenian: ,
 * Belarusian: рэ́бус
 * Bulgarian: ре́бус
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech:
 * Danish: rebus
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German: ,
 * Greek: εικονόγριφος
 * Hebrew:
 * Hungarian:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: 判じ物
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: rébus
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: ре́бус
 * Roman:
 * Spanish: jeroglífico
 * Swedish:
 * Ukrainian: ре́бус


 * Finnish:

Verb

 * 1) To represent (a phrase or word) as a rebus.
 * 2) To apply a rebus to (something).

Etymology
, from.

Noun

 * 1) rebus.

Noun

 * 1)  puzzle

Verb

 * 1)  to boil

Adjective

 * 1) boiled

Noun

 * 1) enigma
 * 2) puzzle
 * 3) conundrum
 * 1) conundrum

Adjective

 * 1) boiled (food)

Verb

 * 1) to boil (food)

Etymology
, from.

Noun

 * 1) mess, clutter

Etymology
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Etymology
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Noun

 * , crossword

Noun

 * 1) a ; a kind of word puzzle