"decoder" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /dɪˈkəʊdə(ɹ)/ [UK] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-decoder.wav Forms: decoders [plural]
Etymology: From decode + -er. Etymology templates: {{affix|en|decode|-er|id2=agent noun}} decode + -er Head templates: {{en-noun}} decoder (plural decoders)
  1. A person who decodes secret messages Categories (topical): People Translations (A person who decodes secret messages): koodin purkaja (Finnish), Dekodierer [masculine] (German), Dekodiererin [feminine] (German)
    Sense id: en-decoder-en-noun-h3ZVxvmv Disambiguation of People: 98 2 Disambiguation of 'A person who decodes secret messages': 98 2
  2. A device that decodes a scrambled electronic signal e.g. of a satellite television signal Translations (A device that decodes a scrambled electronic signal e.g. of a satellite television signal): descodificador [masculine] (Catalan), dekodér [masculine] (Czech), decoder [masculine] (Dutch), dekooder (Estonian), dekooderi (Finnish), Dekoder [masculine] (German), αποκωδικοποιητής (apokodikopoiitís) [masculine] (Greek), dekòder [masculine] (Kashubian), dekoder (Malay), dekoder [masculine] (Polish), deszyfrator [masculine] (Polish), decodor [neuter] (Romanian), descodificador [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-decoder-en-noun-qdj~h7VX Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun), Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Estonian translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Kashubian translations, Terms with Malay translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 15 85 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun): 11 89 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 9 91 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 8 92 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 6 94 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 13 87 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 42 58 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 12 88 Disambiguation of Terms with Estonian translations: 42 58 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 12 88 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 9 91 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 12 88 Disambiguation of Terms with Kashubian translations: 13 87 Disambiguation of Terms with Malay translations: 42 58 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 14 86 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 13 87 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 7 93 Disambiguation of 'A device that decodes a scrambled electronic signal e.g. of a satellite television signal': 2 98
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: codec, decoder ring, isodecoder Related terms: coder

Inflected forms

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