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encrypt en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • /ɪnˈkɹɪpt/
  • (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

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

Meanings

  1. To conceal information by means of a code or cipher.
    • All messages on this platform are doubly encrypted to increase security.
  2. To transform information using encryption in a way that it is believed only authorized parties can decode.
    • The data was encrypted in transit using AES-GCM.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
encrypting Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
encrypts Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
encrypted Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
encrypted Tense=Past lexicographic

Antonyms

decrypt · decode

Deriveds

encryptable · unencrypt · encrypter · self-encrypting · encryptor · signcrypt · superencrypt · reencrypt

Descendants

encriptar

Relateds

encryption

Synonyms

encode

Translations (41)

fi kryptata (to conceal information by means of a code or cipher) · ca encriptar (to conceal information by means of a code or cipher) · nl encrypteren (to conceal information by means of a code or cipher) · pt criptar (to conceal information by means of a code or cipher) · pt codificar (to conceal information by means of a code or cipher) · fr coder (to conceal information by means of a code or cipher) · fi koodata (to conceal information by means of a code or cipher) · is dulrita (to conceal information by means of a code or cipher) · ru шифрова́ть (to conceal information by means of a code or cipher) · hu titkosít (to conceal information by means of a code or cipher) · da kryptere (to conceal information by means of a code or cipher) · de verschlüsseln (to conceal information by means of a code or cipher) · lt šifruoti (to conceal information by means of a code or cipher) · fr crypter (to conceal information by means of a code or cipher) · fr chiffrer (to conceal information by means of a code or cipher) · he הצפין (to conceal information by means of a code or cipher) · pl zaszyfrowywać (to conceal information by means of a code or cipher) · ko 암호화하다 (to conceal information by means of a code or cipher) · nl versleutelen (to conceal information by means of a code or cipher) · es encriptar (to conceal information by means of a code or cipher) · tr şifrelemek (to conceal information by means of a code or cipher) · ro cripta (to conceal information by means of a code or cipher) · es cifrar (to conceal information by means of a code or cipher) · ru зашифрова́ть (to conceal information by means of a code or cipher) · cs zašifrovat (to conceal information by means of a code or cipher) · nl vercijferen (to conceal information by means of a code or cipher) · bg шифровам (to conceal information by means of a code or cipher) · cmn 加密 (to conceal information by means of a code or cipher) · nl coderen (to conceal information by means of a code or cipher) · ja 暗号化する (to conceal information by means of a code or cipher) · pt encriptar (to conceal information by means of a code or cipher) · pt cifrar (to conceal information by means of a code or cipher) · eo ĉifri (to conceal information by means of a code or cipher) · sv kryptera (to conceal information by means of a code or cipher) · gl encriptar (to conceal information by means of a code or cipher) · es codificar (to conceal information by means of a code or cipher) · fi salata (to conceal information by means of a code or cipher) · it cifrare (to conceal information by means of a code or cipher) · pl zaszyfrować (to conceal information by means of a code or cipher) · ht ankripte (to conceal information by means of a code or cipher) · pl szyfrować (to conceal information by means of a code or cipher)