"decrypt" meaning in English

See decrypt in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /dɪˈkɹɪpt/, /diːˈkɹɪpt/, /ˈdiːkɹɪpt/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-decrypt.wav , LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-decrypt2.wav Forms: decrypts [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪpt, -iːkɹɪpt Etymology: From de- + -crypt, from Ancient Greek κρυπτός (kruptós, literally “hidden, concealed, private, secret”). Etymology templates: {{affix|en|de-|-crypt}} de- + -crypt, {{der|en|grc|κρυπτός||lit=hidden, concealed, private, secret}} Ancient Greek κρυπτός (kruptós, literally “hidden, concealed, private, secret”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} decrypt (plural decrypts)
  1. A decoded communication.
    Sense id: en-decrypt-en-noun-3v~3MSvD Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -crypt, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Korean translations, Terms with Lithuanian translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 48 52 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -crypt: 48 52 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 47 53 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 53 47 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 59 41 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 54 46 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 57 43 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 55 45 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 54 46 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 53 47 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 58 42 Disambiguation of Terms with Korean translations: 55 45 Disambiguation of Terms with Lithuanian translations: 49 51 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 54 46 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 55 45 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 51 49 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 58 42 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 58 42 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 55 45

Verb

IPA: /dɪˈkɹɪpt/, /diːˈkɹɪpt/, /ˈdiːkɹɪpt/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-decrypt.wav , LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-decrypt2.wav Forms: decrypts [present, singular, third-person], decrypting [participle, present], decrypted [participle, past], decrypted [past]
Rhymes: -ɪpt, -iːkɹɪpt Etymology: From de- + -crypt, from Ancient Greek κρυπτός (kruptós, literally “hidden, concealed, private, secret”). Etymology templates: {{affix|en|de-|-crypt}} de- + -crypt, {{der|en|grc|κρυπτός||lit=hidden, concealed, private, secret}} Ancient Greek κρυπτός (kruptós, literally “hidden, concealed, private, secret”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} decrypt (third-person singular simple present decrypts, present participle decrypting, simple past and past participle decrypted)
  1. (transitive) To convert (an encrypted or coded message) back into plain text. Tags: transitive Synonyms: decipher, decode Derived forms: decryptable, decrypter, decryptor, undecrypted Related terms: decryption Translations (to convert back to plain text): 解密 (jiěmì) (Chinese Mandarin), 解碼 (Chinese Mandarin), 解码 (jiěmǎ) (Chinese Mandarin), 解讀 (Chinese Mandarin), 解读 (jiědú) (Chinese Mandarin), dekryptere (Danish), ontcijferen (Dutch), decoderen (Dutch), ontsleutelen (Dutch), decrypteren (Dutch), purkaa salaus (Finnish), dekryptata (Finnish), déchiffrer (French), entschlüsseln (German), αποκρυπτογραφώ (apokryptografó) (Greek), visszafejt (Hungarian), 解読する (kaidoku suru) (alt: かいどくする) (Japanese), 해독하다 (haedokhada) (Korean), 복호화하다 (bokhohwahada) (Korean), iššifruoti (Lithuanian), deszyfrować (Polish), odszyfrować (Polish), desencriptar (Portuguese), расшифро́вывать (rasšifróvyvatʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), расшифрова́ть (rasšifrovátʹ) [perfective] (Russian), descifrar (Spanish), desencriptar (Spanish), dekryptera (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-decrypt-en-verb-6J1~dBmf Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with de-, English terms suffixed with -crypt, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Korean translations, Terms with Lithuanian translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 48 52 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with de-: 42 58 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -crypt: 48 52 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 47 53 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 53 47 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 54 46 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 55 45 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 54 46 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 53 47 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 43 57 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 41 59 Disambiguation of Terms with Korean translations: 55 45 Disambiguation of Terms with Lithuanian translations: 49 51 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 54 46 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 55 45 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 51 49 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 55 45

Inflected forms

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          "text": "The decrypts were being obtained from the traffic of 78 German stations by the end of 1941, and of 147 stations by the end of 1942.",
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      "code": "cmn",
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      "sense": "to convert back to plain text",
      "word": "解密"
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      "sense": "to convert back to plain text",
      "word": "解码"
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      "word": "dekryptere"
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      "word": "decoderen"
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      "code": "nl",
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      "sense": "to convert back to plain text",
      "word": "decrypteren"
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      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "to convert back to plain text",
      "word": "purkaa salaus"
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      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "to convert back to plain text",
      "word": "dekryptata"
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      "sense": "to convert back to plain text",
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "to convert back to plain text",
      "word": "entschlüsseln"
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    {
      "code": "el",
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      "roman": "apokryptografó",
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      "word": "αποκρυπτογραφώ"
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      "code": "hu",
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      "sense": "to convert back to plain text",
      "word": "visszafejt"
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      "word": "解読する"
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      "sense": "to convert back to plain text",
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          "text": "The decrypts were being obtained from the traffic of 78 German stations by the end of 1941, and of 147 stations by the end of 1942.",
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