"cryptogram" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-cryptogram.wav Forms: cryptograms [plural]
Etymology: From crypto- + -gram. Etymology templates: {{confix|en|crypto|gram}} crypto- + -gram Head templates: {{en-noun}} cryptogram (plural cryptograms)
  1. Encrypted text. Translations (encrypted text): အက္ခရာဝှက် (akhka.rahwak) (Burmese), salakirjoitus (Finnish), criptograma [feminine] (Portuguese), criptograma [feminine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-cryptogram-en-noun-AkoXqtcY Categories (other): English terms prefixed with crypto- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with crypto-: 47 53 Disambiguation of 'encrypted text': 93 7
  2. (games) A type of word puzzle in which text encoded by a simple cipher is to be decoded. Categories (topical): Games
    Sense id: en-cryptogram-en-noun-zRzx-QQX Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with crypto-, English terms suffixed with -gram, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Burmese translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 11 89 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with crypto-: 47 53 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -gram: 26 74 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 23 77 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 17 83 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 12 88 Disambiguation of Terms with Burmese translations: 21 79 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 23 77 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 22 78 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 17 83 Topics: games
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: cryptogramme [rare] Derived forms: cryptogrammic, cryptogrammist

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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