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decrypt

decrypt

English

Verb

decrypt ‎(third-person singular simple present decrypts, present participle decrypting, simple past and past participle decrypted)

To convert an encrypted or coded text or message into plain text.

Antonyms

encrypt

Related terms

decipher

Translations

to convert to plain text

Chinese:
Mandarin: 解密 (zh) ‎(jiěmì), 解碼 (zh), 解码 (zh) ‎(jiěmǎ), 解讀 (zh), 解读 (zh) ‎(jiědú)
Danish: dekryptere
Dutch: ontcijferen (nl), decoderen (nl), ontsleutelen, decrypteren
Finnish: purkaa salaus, dekryptata
French: déchiffrer (fr)

German: entschlüsseln (de)
Greek: αποκρυπτογραφώ (el) ‎(apokryptografó)
Japanese: 解読する (ja) ‎(かいどくする, kaidoku suru)
Polish: deszyfrować, odszyfrować
Portuguese: desencriptar
Russian: расшифро́вывать (ru) impf ‎(rasšifróvyvatʹ), расшифрова́ть (ru) pf ‎(rasšifrovátʹ)
Spanish: descifrar (es)
Swedish: dekryptera

Noun

decrypt ‎(plural decrypts)

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.