Meanings
adjectiveencrypted (not comparable)
- not comparableBeing in code; having been encrypted.
The encrypted text was unreadable.
1 more example
If a folder is encrypted, the files are automatically encrypted. This guarantees that the files remain encrypted, even after you make changes to those files.
2001, Barry Shilmover, Stu Sjouwerman, Windows 2000 Power Toolkit, Que, →ISBN
verb
- participlepastsimple past and past participle of encrypt
Translations
Bulgarian шифрован
- шифрован (šifrovan)that is in code
Catalan xifrat
- xifratthat is in code
Finnish salattu, kryptattu
- salattuthat is in code
- kryptattuthat is in code
French chiffré
- chiffréthat is in code
German verschlüsselt, chiffriert
- verschlüsseltthat is in code
- chiffriertthat is in code
Italian cifrato
- cifratothat is in code
Spanish cifrado, encriptado
- cifradothat is in code
- encriptadothat is in code
Turkish şifrelenmiş, şifreli
- şifrelenmişthat is in code
- şifrelithat is in code
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APA
encrypted. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/encrypted
MLA
“encrypted.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/encrypted. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “encrypted,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/encrypted.
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