"arcane" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ɑɹˈkeɪn/ [General-American] Audio: en-us-arcane.ogg Forms: more arcane [comparative], most arcane [superlative]
Rhymes: -eɪn Etymology: Borrowed from Latin arcānus (“hidden, secret”), from arceō (“to shut up, enclose”); cognate with Latin arca (“a chest”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*h₂erk-}}, {{bor|en|la|arcānus|t=hidden, secret}} Latin arcānus (“hidden, secret”), {{cog|la|arca|t=a chest}} Latin arca (“a chest”) Head templates: {{en-adj}} arcane (comparative more arcane, superlative most arcane)
  1. Understood by only a few. Synonyms: esoteric Translations (understood by only a few; obscure): тайнствен (tajnstven) (Bulgarian), езотеричен (ezoteričen) (Bulgarian), arcà [masculine] (Catalan), secret [masculine] (Catalan), geheim (Dutch), duister (Dutch), arkana (Esperanto), salainen (Finnish), arcane (French), geheim (German), geheimnisvoll (German), obskur (German), arkan (German), απόκρυφος (apókryfos) [masculine] (Greek), μυστικός (mystikós) [masculine] (Greek), hulinn [masculine] (Icelandic), dulinn [masculine] (Icelandic), arcano (Italian), arcānus (Latin), سری (serriyy) (Persian), arcano (Portuguese), та́йный (tájnyj) (Russian), таи́нственный (taínstvennyj) (Russian), мисти́ческий (mistíčeskij) (Russian), скры́тый (skrýtyj) (Russian), таја̀нствен [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), ми̏стерио̄зан [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), tajànstven [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), mȉsteriōzan [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), arcano (Spanish), secreto (Spanish), misterioso (Spanish), esoterisk (Swedish), mystisk (Swedish), hemlig (Swedish), fördold (Swedish), svårtillgänglig (Swedish), sekret (alt: antiquated; if used, only in old remnants (ca. –1900) of public administration and law) (Swedish), hemlighetsfull (Swedish), esrarlı (Turkish), gizemli (Turkish), saklı (Turkish), içrek (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-arcane-en-adj-gpdt14Jd Categories (other): English terms with collocations, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 40 36 4 20 Disambiguation of 'understood by only a few; obscure': 65 30 4 1
  2. (by extension) Obscure, mysterious. Tags: broadly Categories (topical): Occult Synonyms: enigmatic, esoteric, recondite, clandestine
    Sense id: en-arcane-en-adj-jw0WOcTl Disambiguation of Occult: 31 61 3 6 Categories (other): English terms with collocations, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Icelandic translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Latin translations, Terms with Persian translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Turkish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 40 36 4 20 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 29 45 7 19 Disambiguation of Pages with 4 entries: 30 44 5 18 0 3 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 30 44 5 18 0 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 23 50 9 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 23 48 9 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 25 54 6 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 24 53 4 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 23 48 9 19 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 24 56 5 14 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 25 52 7 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 26 49 6 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Icelandic translations: 23 48 9 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 25 55 4 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Latin translations: 25 55 4 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Persian translations: 24 49 8 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 25 49 5 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 25 55 4 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations: 24 50 8 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 25 55 4 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 23 48 9 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 23 48 9 20
  3. Requiring secret or mysterious knowledge to understand.
    Sense id: en-arcane-en-adj-wYgXkgEr
  4. Extremely old (e.g. interpretation or knowledge), and possibly irrelevant.
    Sense id: en-arcane-en-adj-q7zcUq67 Categories (other): English terms with collocations, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 40 36 4 20
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: arcane, enigmatic, esoteric, mystic, obscure, occult, recondite Hypernyms: covert, exclusive, incomprehensible, mysterious Hyponyms: acroamatic, mandarin Derived forms: arcanely, arcaneness, arcanist, arcanity, arcanology, superarcane
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