encrypt

English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA^(key): /ɪn.ˈkrɪpt/
Audio (Southern England) (file)
Rhymes: -ɪpt

Verb[edit]

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

Antonym: decrypt

Related terms[edit]

encryption

Translations[edit]

to conceal information by means of a code or cipher

Catalan: encriptar (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 加密 (zh) (jiāmì)
Czech: zašifrovat
Danish: kryptere, enkryptere
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)
German: verschlüsseln (de)
Haitian Creole: ankripte
Hebrew: הצפין‎

Icelandic: dulrita
Italian: cifrare (it)
Japanese: 暗号化する (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, codificar (es)
Swedish: kryptera (sv)
Turkish: şifrelemek (tr)