"chiffre" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: chiffres [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from French chiffre. Doublet of cipher and zero. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|fr|chiffre}} French chiffre, {{doublet|en|cipher|zero}} Doublet of cipher and zero Head templates: {{en-noun}} chiffre (plural chiffres)
  1. (music) A figure or motif (short melodic or lyrical passage that is repeated).
    Sense id: en-chiffre-en-noun-9peCBABy Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Music Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music

Noun [French]

IPA: /ʃifʁ/ Audio: Fr-chiffre.ogg , LL-Q150 (fra)-DSwissK-chiffre.wav [Switzerland, Valais], LL-Q150 (fra)-GrandCelinien-chiffre.wav [France, Paris], LL-Q150 (fra)-Lepticed7-chiffre.wav [France, Toulouse], LL-Q150 (fra)-LoquaxFR-chiffre.wav [France, Vosges], LL-Q150 (fra)-Poslovitch-chiffre.wav [France, Vosges] Forms: chiffres [plural]
Etymology: From Medieval Latin cifra (“zero”), from Andalusian Arabic صِفر (ṣifr, “empty”). Doublet of zéro. Etymology templates: {{etymon|fr|:uder|la-med:cīfra}} [Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "id" : "zero", "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "sl.", "keyword_label" : "Semantic loan from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Sanskrit", "term" : "शू॒न्य", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "sa" } ], "keyword" : "semantic loan" }, { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Arabic", "term" : "ص ف ر", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "ar" } ], "keyword" : "root", "is_invisible" : "all" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Arabic", "term" : "صِفْر", "lang" : "ar" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "Medieval Latin", "term" : "cīfra", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la-med" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "uder" } ], "lang_name" : "French", "term" : "chiffre", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "fr" }" data-lang="fr" data-title="chiffre">, {{uder|fr|la-med|cifra||zero}} Medieval Latin cifra (“zero”), {{uder|fr|xaa|صفر|صِفر|empty|tr=ṣifr}} Andalusian Arabic صِفر (ṣifr, “empty”), {{doublet|fr|zéro}} Doublet of zéro Head templates: {{fr-noun|m}} chiffre m (plural chiffres)
  1. a digit i.e. 0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9 Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-chiffre-fr-noun-epkgr~~E
  2. (colloquial or dated) a number Tags: colloquial, dated, masculine
    Sense id: en-chiffre-fr-noun-0k8foW0S
  3. figure (number) Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-chiffre-fr-noun-ndto1YNI
  4. cipher (method of transforming a text to conceal meaning) Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-chiffre-fr-noun-KcQ1F3ry
  5. cipher (code) Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-chiffre-fr-noun-nWmphuRS
  6. (music) figure Tags: masculine
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  7. monogram Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-chiffre-fr-noun-7gC5O~Bj
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: chiffrable, chiffrage, chiffre arabe, chiffre d'affaires, chiffre romain, chiffrement, chiffrer, déchiffrer Related terms: nombre, numéro
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Noun [Old French]

Forms: chiffre oblique singular or [canonical, masculine], chiffres [oblique, plural], chiffres [nominative, singular], chiffre [nominative, plural]
Head templates: {{fro-noun|m}} chiffre oblique singular, m (oblique plural chiffres, nominative singular chiffres, nominative plural chiffre)
  1. number; digit
    Sense id: en-chiffre-fro-noun-zqfy2Awr Categories (other): Old French entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable All languages combined dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2026-09-20 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2026-09-02 using wiktextract (d6fca27 and 65e1673). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.