encrypt

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɪnˈkɹɪpt/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Rhymes: -ɪpt

Verb

encrypt (third-person singular simple present encrypts, present participle encrypting, simple past and past participle encrypted)

To conceal information by means of a code or cipher.
Synonym: encode

Antonyms: decode, decrypt

All messages on this platform are doubly encrypted to increase security.
(cryptography) 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.

Derived terms

Related terms

encryption

Descendants

→ Spanish: encriptar

Translations

to conceal information by means of a code or cipher

Catalan: encriptar (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 加密 (zh) (jiāmì)
Czech: zašifrovat
Danish: kryptere
Dutch: versleutelen (nl), coderen (nl), vercijferen (nl), encrypteren (nl)
Esperanto: ĉifri
Finnish: kryptata (fi), salata (fi), koodata (fi)
French: coder (fr), chiffrer (fr), crypter (fr)
Galician: encriptar
German: verschlüsseln (de)
Haitian Creole: ankripte
Hebrew: הצפין
Hungarian: titkosít (hu)
Icelandic: dulrita
Italian: cifrare (it)
Japanese: 暗号化する (ja) (angōka-suru)
Korean: 암호화하다 (ko) (amhohwahada)
Lithuanian: šifruoti
Polish: szyfrować (pl)
Portuguese: encriptar (pt), cifrar (pt), codificar (pt), criptar
Romanian: cripta
Russian: шифрова́ть (ru) impf (šifrovátʹ), зашифрова́ть (ru) pf (zašifrovátʹ)
Spanish: cifrar (es), encriptar (es), codificar (es)
Swedish: kryptera (sv)
Turkish: şifrelemek (tr)