Meanings
present singular third person decrypts · participle present decrypting · participle past decrypted · past decrypted
plural decrypts
- A decoded communication.
The decrypts were being obtained from the traffic of 78 German stations by the end of 1941, and of 147 stations by the end of 1942.
1979, Francis Harry Hinsley, British Intelligence in the Second World War, page 182
Synonyms & antonyms
verbTo convert (an encrypted or coded message) back into plain text.
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Origin
- Ancient Greekκρυπτός
- Englishdecrypt
From de- + -crypt, from Ancient Greek κρυπτός (kruptós, literally “hidden, concealed, private, secret”).
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Full word history & related roots →Translations
Chinese Mandarin 解密, 解碼 /解码
- 解密 (jiěmì)to convert back to plain text
- 解碼 /解码 (jiěmǎ)to convert back to plain text
- 解讀 /解读 (jiědú)to convert back to plain text
Danish dekryptere
- dekryptereto convert back to plain text
Dutch ontcijferen, decoderen
- ontcijferento convert back to plain text
- decoderento convert back to plain text
- ontsleutelento convert back to plain text
- decrypterento convert back to plain text
Finnish purkaa salaus, dekryptata
- purkaa salausto convert back to plain text
- dekryptatato convert back to plain text
French déchiffrer
- déchiffrerto convert back to plain text
German entschlüsseln
- entschlüsselnto convert back to plain text
Greek αποκρυπτογραφώ
- αποκρυπτογραφώ (apokryptografó)to convert back to plain text
Hungarian visszafejt
- visszafejtto convert back to plain text
Japanese 解読する
- 解読する (kaidoku suru)to convert back to plain text
Korean 해독하다, 복호화하다
- 해독하다 (haedokhada)to convert back to plain text
- 복호화하다 (bokhohwahada)to convert back to plain text
Lithuanian iššifruoti
- iššifruotito convert back to plain text
Polish decyfrować, deszyfrować
- decyfrowaćto convert back to plain text
- deszyfrowaćto convert back to plain text
- odcyfrowaćto convert back to plain text
- odcyfrowywaćto convert back to plain text
- odszyfrowaćto convert back to plain text
- odszyfrowywaćto convert back to plain text
- rozkodowaćto convert back to plain text
- rozkodowywaćto convert back to plain text
- rozszyfrowaćto convert back to plain text
- rozszyfrowywaćto convert back to plain text
- zdekodowaćto convert back to plain text
- zdeszyfrowaćto convert back to plain text
Portuguese desencriptar
- desencriptarto convert back to plain text
Russian расшифро́вывать, расшифрова́ть
- расшифро́вывать (rasšifróvyvatʹ)to convert back to plain text
- расшифрова́ть (rasšifrovátʹ)to convert back to plain text
Spanish descifrar, desencriptar
- descifrarto convert back to plain text
- desencriptarto convert back to plain text
- descriptarto convert back to plain text
Swedish dekryptera
- dekrypterato convert back to plain text
Rhymes & wordplay
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Cite this entry
decrypt. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/decrypt
“decrypt.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/decrypt. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “decrypt,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/decrypt.
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