Phrase guide

jigsaw puzzle

noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

A type of puzzle in which the aim is to reconstruct a picture that has been cut (originally, with a jigsaw) into many small interlocking pieces.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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2

noun

Meaning 2

An alphabetical jigsaw; a crossword in which the clues are not numbered and the solver must work out where each solution fits in the grid.

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Qualifier: crosswording

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3

noun

Meaning 3

a puzzle that requires you to reassemble a picture that has been mounted on a stiff base and cut into interlocking pieces

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Broader terms: puzzle

History

Etymology

jigsaw + puzzle

Across languages

Translations

77 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: legkaart — type of puzzle
  • Arabic: أُحْجِيَة (ʔuḥjiya) — type of puzzle
  • Armenian: փազլ (pʻazl) — type of puzzle
  • Basque: buruhausgarri — type of puzzle
  • Catalan: trencaclosques — type of puzzle
  • Catalan: puzle — type of puzzle
  • Chinese Cantonese: 砌圖 /砌图 (cai3 tou4) — type of puzzle
  • Chinese Mandarin: 拼圖 /拼图 (pīntú) — type of puzzle
  • Cornish: gwari mildam — type of puzzle
  • Czech: puzzle — type of puzzle
  • Danish: puslespil — type of puzzle
  • Dutch: puzzel — type of puzzle
  • Dutch: legpuzzel — type of puzzle
  • Esperanto: kunmetenigmo — type of puzzle
  • Esperanto: puzlo — type of puzzle
  • Estonian: pusle — type of puzzle
  • Finnish: palapeli — type of puzzle
  • French: puzzle — type of puzzle
  • French: casse-tête — type of puzzle
  • Georgian: პაზლი (ṗazli) — type of puzzle
  • Georgian: თავსატეხი (tavsaṭexi) — type of puzzle
  • German: Puzzle — type of puzzle
  • German: Puzzlespiel — type of puzzle
  • Greek: παζλ (pazl) — type of puzzle
  • Hebrew: תצרף (tatsréf) — type of puzzle
  • Hebrew: פאזל (pázel) — type of puzzle
  • Hungarian: kirakós — type of puzzle
  • Hungarian: puzzle — type of puzzle
  • Hungarian: kirakó — type of puzzle
  • Icelandic: púsluspil — type of puzzle
  • Italian: puzzle — type of puzzle
  • Italian: mosaico — type of puzzle
  • Italian: gioco ad incastro — type of puzzle
  • Japanese: ジグソーパズル (jigusōpazuru) — type of puzzle
  • Japanese: ジグソー (jigusō) — type of puzzle
  • Kazakh: пазл (pazl) — type of puzzle
  • Korean: 직소 퍼즐 (jikso peojeul) — type of puzzle
  • Lithuanian: dėlionė — type of puzzle
  • Macedonian: сложувалка (složuvalka) — type of puzzle
  • Malay: susun suai — type of puzzle
  • Māori: panga hono — type of puzzle
  • Māori: tāpaepae — type of puzzle
  • Mongolian: эвлүүлдэг зураг (evlüüldeg zurag) — type of puzzle
  • Mongolian: угсруулах зураг (ugsruulax zurag) — type of puzzle
  • Mongolian: ᠡᠪᠯᠡᠭᠦᠯᠳᠡᠭ ᠵᠢᠷᠤᠭ (eblegüldeɣ ǰiruɣ) — type of puzzle
  • Mongolian: ᠤᠭᠰᠠᠷᠠᠭᠤᠯᠬᠤ ᠵᠢᠷᠤᠭ (uɣsaragulku ǰiruɣ) — type of puzzle
  • Norwegian Bokmål: puslespill — type of puzzle
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: puslespel — type of puzzle
  • Persian: پازل (pâzel) — type of puzzle
  • Polish: puzzle — type of puzzle
  • Portuguese: puzzle — type of puzzle
  • Portuguese: quebra-cabeça — type of puzzle
  • Portuguese: quebra-cabeças — type of puzzle
  • Romanian: puzzle — type of puzzle
  • Russian: пазл (pazl) — type of puzzle
  • Russian: головоло́мка (golovolómka) — type of puzzle
  • Russian: складна́я карти́нка (skladnája kartínka) — type of puzzle
  • Russian: моза́ика (mozáika) — type of puzzle
  • Scottish Gaelic: mìrean-measgaichte — type of puzzle
  • Serbo-Croatian: слагарица — type of puzzle
  • Serbo-Croatian: слагалица — type of puzzle
  • Serbo-Croatian: pazl — type of puzzle
  • Serbo-Croatian: slagarica — type of puzzle
  • Serbo-Croatian: слагалица — type of puzzle
  • Serbo-Croatian: пазл — type of puzzle
  • Lower Sorbian: puzzle — type of puzzle
  • Upper Sorbian: puzzle — type of puzzle
  • Spanish: rompecabezas — type of puzzle
  • Spanish: puzle — type of puzzle
  • Swedish: pussel — type of puzzle
  • Thai: ตัวต่อ (dtuua-dtɔ̀ɔ) — type of puzzle
  • Thai: จิ๊กซอว์ (jík-sɔɔ) — type of puzzle
  • Turkish: yapboz — type of puzzle
  • Turkish: puzzle — type of puzzle
  • Turkish: pazıl — type of puzzle
  • Volapük: koboyümükarät — type of puzzle
  • Welsh: jig-so — type of puzzle