decrypt

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (verb) IPA^(key): /dɪˈkɹɪpt/, /diːˈkɹɪpt/

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• (noun) IPA^(key): /ˈdiːkɹɪpt/

• Audio (Southern England)

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• Hyphenation: de‧crypt
• Rhymes: -ɪpt, -iːkɹɪpt

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.

   Synonyms: decipher, decode

   Antonyms: encipher, encode, encrypt

Related terms

• decryption

Translations

to convert back to plain text

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 解密 (zh) (jiěmì), 解碼／解码 (zh) (jiěmǎ), 解讀／解读 (zh) (jiědú)

• Danish: dekryptere
• Dutch: ontcijferen (nl), decoderen (nl), ontsleutelen (nl), decrypteren
• Finnish: purkaa salaus, dekryptata
• French: déchiffrer (fr)
• German: entschlüsseln (de)
• Greek: αποκρυπτογραφώ (el) (apokryptografó)
• Hungarian: visszafejt (hu)
• Japanese: 解読する (ja) (かいどくする, kaidoku suru)
• Korean: 해독하다 (haedokhada), 복호화하다 (bokhohwahada)
• Lithuanian: iššifruoti
• Polish: deszyfrować, odszyfrować
• Portuguese: desencriptar
• Russian: расшифро́вывать (ru) impf (rasšifróvyvatʹ), расшифрова́ть (ru) pf (rasšifrovátʹ)
• Spanish: descifrar (es), desencriptar
• Swedish: dekryptera (sv)

Noun

decrypt (plural decrypts)

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

     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.