decipher

Signification (Anglais)

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.

Concepts

déchiffrer

décrypter

décoder

Opposé de

encipher, encode, encrypt

Synonymes

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

Traductions

descifrar

decifrare

entziffern

entschlüsseln

dechiffrieren

αποκρυπτογραφώ

decifrar

ontcijferen

decodificare

ontraadselen

desxifrar

decrittare

enträtseln

descodificar

αποκωδικοποιώ

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/dɪˈsaɪfə(ɹ)/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Appartenant à ancien français: -

Appartenant à français: déchiffrer

Appartenant à italien: 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.