"encrypt" meaning in English

See encrypt in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /ɪnˈkɹɪpt/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-encrypt.wav Forms: encrypts [present, singular, third-person], encrypting [participle, present], encrypted [participle, past], encrypted [past]
Rhymes: -ɪpt Etymology: From en- + -crypt, from Ancient Greek κρυπτός (kruptós, literally “hidden, concealed, private, secret”). Etymology templates: {{affix|en|en-|-crypt}} en- + -crypt, {{der|en|grc|κρυπτός||lit=hidden, concealed, private, secret}} Ancient Greek κρυπτός (kruptós, literally “hidden, concealed, private, secret”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} encrypt (third-person singular simple present encrypts, present participle encrypting, simple past and past participle encrypted)
  1. To conceal information by means of a code or cipher. Synonyms: encode Translations (to conceal information by means of a code or cipher): encriptar (Catalan), 加密 (jiāmì) (Chinese Mandarin), zašifrovat (Czech), kryptere (Danish), versleutelen (Dutch), coderen (Dutch), vercijferen (Dutch), encrypteren (Dutch), ĉifri (Esperanto), kryptata (Finnish), salata (Finnish), koodata (Finnish), coder (French), chiffrer (French), crypter (French), encriptar (Galician), verschlüsseln (German), ankripte (Haitian Creole), הצפין (Hebrew), titkosít (Hungarian), dulrita (Icelandic), cifrare (Italian), 暗号化する (angōka-suru) (Japanese), 암호화하다 (amhohwahada) (Korean), šifruoti (Lithuanian), szyfrować (Polish), encriptar (Portuguese), cifrar (Portuguese), codificar (Portuguese), criptar (Portuguese), cripta (Romanian), шифрова́ть (šifrovátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), зашифрова́ть (zašifrovátʹ) [perfective] (Russian), cifrar (Spanish), encriptar (Spanish), codificar (Spanish), kryptera (Swedish), şifrelemek (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-encrypt-en-verb-drbdg3lx Categories (other): English terms prefixed with en- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with en-: 46 54 Disambiguation of 'to conceal information by means of a code or cipher': 98 2
  2. (cryptography) To transform information using encryption in a way that it is believed only authorized parties can decode.
    Sense id: en-encrypt-en-verb-r3b3Se5y Categories (other): Cryptography, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with en-, English terms suffixed with -crypt, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Haitian Creole translations, Terms with Hebrew translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Icelandic translations, Terms with Italian 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 Romanian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Turkish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 18 82 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with en-: 46 54 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -crypt: 32 68 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 30 70 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 19 81 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 15 85 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 22 78 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 22 78 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 12 88 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 29 71 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 22 78 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 22 78 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 28 72 Disambiguation of Terms with Galician translations: 22 78 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 22 78 Disambiguation of Terms with Haitian Creole translations: 22 78 Disambiguation of Terms with Hebrew translations: 22 78 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 17 83 Disambiguation of Terms with Icelandic translations: 22 78 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 21 79 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 22 78 Disambiguation of Terms with Korean translations: 22 78 Disambiguation of Terms with Lithuanian translations: 22 78 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 26 74 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 28 72 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 21 79 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 22 78 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 22 78 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 20 80 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 21 79 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 21 79 Topics: computing, cryptography, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: encryptable, encrypter, encryptor, reencrypt, self-encrypting, signcrypt, superencrypt, unencrypt Related terms: encryption

Inflected forms

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      "word": "encriptar"
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      "word": "הצפין"
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      "sense": "to conceal information by means of a code or cipher",
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      "word": "cifrare"
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      "lang": "Korean",
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      "word": "암호화하다"
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      "lang": "Polish",
      "lang_code": "pl",
      "sense": "to conceal information by means of a code or cipher",
      "word": "szyfrować"
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      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "lang_code": "pt",
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      "word": "encriptar"
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      "code": "pt",
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      "word": "codificar"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
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      "sense": "to conceal information by means of a code or cipher",
      "word": "criptar"
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      "word": "codificar"
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
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      "sense": "to conceal information by means of a code or cipher",
      "word": "kryptera"
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      "code": "tr",
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      "sense": "to conceal information by means of a code or cipher",
      "word": "şifrelemek"
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}

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