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salaisuus — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • mystery noun Something unexplained, unknown, or puzzling.
  • recess noun A break from an activity or from regular proceedings, especially in a school, court, or legislature.
  • rune noun A letter from an ancient Germanic alphabet, or more loosely, any mysterious or magical symbol.
  • secret noun Something kept hidden or known only to a select few.

Senses

salaisuus is used for these senses in English:

  • mystery Something secret or unexplainable; an unknown.
  • recess (figuratively, usually, in the plural) An obscure, remote, or secret situation.
  • recess (countable) An act of retiring or withdrawing from public life, society, etc.; also, an act of living in retirement or seclusion, or a period of such retirement or seclusion.
  • rune A verse or song, especially one with mystical or mysterious overtones; a spell or an incantation.
  • secret (countable) A piece of knowledge that is hidden and intended to be kept hidden. [from late 14th c.]

mystery — full definition

  1. noun Something unexplained, unknown, or puzzling.
  2. noun A story, book, or film built around solving a puzzling crime, with the answer revealed at the end.
  3. noun A religious truth or rite considered beyond ordinary human understanding.

recess — full definition

  1. noun A break from an activity or from regular proceedings, especially in a school, court, or legislature.
  2. noun A hollow or indented space set back into a wall or surface.
  3. verb To suspend a meeting or proceeding temporarily.

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