decipher

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Alternative forms

• decypher

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /dɪˈsaɪfə(ɹ)/
• Rhymes: -aɪfə(r)

Verb

decipher (third-person singular simple present deciphers, present participle deciphering, simple past and past participle deciphered) (transitive)

1. To decode or decrypt a code or cipher to plain text.
2. To read text that is almost illegible or obscure.
3. To find a solution to a problem.

Derived terms

• decipherment

Related terms

• decrypt

Translations

to decode or decrypt a code or cipher

• Bulgarian: дешифрирам (bg) (dešifriram)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 解碼 (cmn), 解码 (cmn) (jiěmǎ), 解讀 (cmn), 解读 (cmn) (jiědú)

• Czech: rozluštit (cs)
• Dutch: ontcijferen (nl)
• Finnish: purkaa/murtaa (koodi), avata (viesti)
• French: déchiffrer (fr)
• German: dechiffrieren (de), entschlüsseln (de)

• Greek: αποκρυπτογραφώ (el) (apokryptografó), αποκωδικοποιώ (el) (apokodikopoió)
• Icelandic: dulráða (is)
• Japanese: 解読する (ja) (かいどくする, kaidoku suru)
• Luxembourgish: dechiffréieren (lb)
• Russian: расшифровывать (ru) (rasšifróvyvatʹ) impf., расшифровать (ru) (rasšifrovátʹ) pf.
• Spanish: descifrar (es), decodificar (es)
• Swedish: dechiffrera (sv), avkoda (sv), dekryptera (sv) , läsa (sv), tyda (sv)
• Turkish: deşifre etmek (tr)

to read illegible or obscure text

• Bulgarian: разчитам (bg) (razčitam)
• Finnish: tavata (fi)
• German: entziffern (de)

• Greek: αποκρυπτογραφώ (el) (apokryptografó)
• Spanish: descifrar (es), interpretar (es)
• Swedish: läsa (sv), tyda (sv)

to find a solution

• Finnish: ratkaista (fi)
• German: entschlüsseln (de)

• Spanish: resolver (es), descifrar (es)

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Anagrams

• ciphered