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decipher
English
Alternative forms
- decypher
Etymology
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.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /d??sa?f?(?)/
- Rhymes: -a?f?(r)
Verb
decipher (third-person singular simple present deciphers, present participle deciphering, simple past and past participle deciphered)
- (transitive) To decode or decrypt a code or cipher to plain text.
- (transitive) To read text that is almost illegible or obscure.
- (transitive) To find a solution to a problem.
Derived terms
Related terms
- decrypt
Translations
Noun
decipher (plural deciphers)
- A decipherment; a decoding.
- 1837, Arthur Wellesley Duke of Wellington, John Gurwood, The Dispatches of Field Marshall the Duke of Wellington, K.G.
- I enclose a letter which I received yesterday evening from the Marques de Monsalud, containing the decipher of a letter from the King to the Comte d'Erlon. I wish that the Marques had sent the ciphered letter here […]
- 1837, Arthur Wellesley Duke of Wellington, John Gurwood, The Dispatches of Field Marshall the Duke of Wellington, K.G.
Anagrams
- ciphered
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decipherable
English
Etymology
From decipher +? -able.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): [d??sa?f???b??]
Adjective
decipherable (comparative more decipherable, superlative most decipherable)
- that can be deciphered, understood or comprehended
- Antonyms: indecipherable, undecipherable
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