cryptage

French

Etymology

From crypter +‎ -age

Pronunciation

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Noun

cryptage m (plural cryptages)

1. encryption (process of obscuring information to make it unreadable without special knowledge, key files, and/or passwords)

Usage notes

Contrary to what can be seen in some places, this term is not an anglicism and the Académie Française has never denied its use. Its synonym is chiffrement.