decrypt

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

(verb) IPA^(key): /dɪˈkɹɪpt/, /diːˈkɹɪpt/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
IPA^(key): (noun) /ˈdiːkɹɪpt/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Hyphenation: de‧crypt
Rhymes: -ɪpt, -iːkɹɪpt

Verb

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

(transitive) To convert (an encrypted or coded message) back into plain text.
Synonyms: decipher, decode

Antonyms: encipher, encode, encrypt

Derived terms

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, descriptar (rare, Spain)
Swedish: dekryptera (sv)

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.

Anagrams

crypted