decipher

Betekenis (Engels)

Verb

1. (transitive) To convert a code or cipher to plain text.
2. (transitive) To read text that is almost illegible or obscure
3. (transitive) To make sense of a complex situation.
4. (transitive) To find a solution to a problem.

Noun

A decipherment; a decoding.

Teenoorgestelde van

encipher, encode, encrypt

Sinonieme

decode

decrypt

solve

interpret

trace

read

📖

make out

unravel

spell out

understand

break

break off

decide

unscramble

interpretation

resolve

fathom

unlock

🔓

unroll

see

👀

expose

divine

decamp

distinguish

dismantle

construe

disentangle

explicate

process

expound

discern

comprehend

break out

disassemble

determine

clear up

defuse

loosen

loose

decryption

clear

meet

nail

offload

open

open up

break in

pull down

puzzle out

knock down

Vertalings

déchiffrer

descifrar

decifrare

entziffern

entschlüsseln

dechiffrieren

αποκρυπτογραφώ

décrypter

decifrar

ontcijferen

decodificare

décoder

ontraadselen

desxifrar

decrittare

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/dɪˈsaɪfə(ɹ)/

Etimologie (Engels)

Verwante met Old French: -

Verwante met Frans: déchiffrer

Verwante met Italiaans: decifrare

In summary

As decypher, but not retaining the y from the Old French etyma of cipher (cyfre, cyffre); the i spelling tends to be preferred etymologically, being consistent with its cognates, the French déchiffrer and the Italian decifrare, and with their common ancestor, the Medieval Latin cifra, cifera, ciphra. By surface analysis, de- + cipher.