Dictionary

decrypt en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈdiːkɹɪpt/
• (Southern-England) audio
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Etymology

From de- + -crypt, from Ancient Greek κρυπτός (kruptós, literally “hidden, concealed, private, secret”).

Meanings

1. A decoded communication.
   • 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. 1979, Francis Harry Hinsley, British Intelligence in the Second World War, page 182:

Forms

decrypt en · VERB

Pronunciation

• /dɪˈkɹɪpt/
• /diːˈkɹɪpt/
• (Southern-England) audio
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From de- + -crypt, from Ancient Greek κρυπτός (kruptós, literally “hidden, concealed, private, secret”).

Meanings

1. (transitive) To convert (an encrypted or coded message) back into plain text.

Forms

Antonyms

encipher · encrypt · encode

Deriveds

decryptable · decryptor · decrypter · undecrypted

Relateds

decryption

Synonyms

decode · decipher

Translations (37)

nl decoderen (to convert back to plain text) · pl decyfrować (to convert back to plain text) · ru расшифро́вывать (to convert back to plain text) · pl zdekodować (to convert back to plain text) · ko 복호화하다 (to convert back to plain text) · pt desencriptar (to convert back to plain text) · pl odszyfrowywać (to convert back to plain text) · nl ontcijferen (to convert back to plain text) · es desencriptar (to convert back to plain text) · fr déchiffrer (to convert back to plain text) · nl ontsleutelen (to convert back to plain text) · pl rozkodować (to convert back to plain text) · cmn 解碼 /解码 (to convert back to plain text) · pl zdeszyfrować (to convert back to plain text) · pl odcyfrowywać (to convert back to plain text) · ru расшифрова́ть (to convert back to plain text) · lt iššifruoti (to convert back to plain text) · pl rozszyfrowywać (to convert back to plain text) · es descifrar (to convert back to plain text) · pl rozkodowywać (to convert back to plain text) · de entschlüsseln (to convert back to plain text) · pl odcyfrować (to convert back to plain text) · cmn 解密 (to convert back to plain text) · pl odszyfrować (to convert back to plain text) · fi dekryptata (to convert back to plain text) · ja 解読する (to convert back to plain text) · pl rozszyfrować (to convert back to plain text) · nl decrypteren (to convert back to plain text) · da dekryptere (to convert back to plain text) · cmn 解讀 /解读 (to convert back to plain text) · ko 해독하다 (to convert back to plain text) · pl deszyfrować (to convert back to plain text) · el αποκρυπτογραφώ (to convert back to plain text) · fi purkaa salaus (to convert back to plain text) · es descriptar (to convert back to plain text) · sv dekryptera (to convert back to plain text) · hu visszafejt (to convert back to plain text)