Meanings
verbunzip (third-person singular simple present unzips, present participle unzipping, simple past and past participle unzipped)
present singular third person unzips · participle present unzipping · participle past unzipped · past unzipped
- intransitiveTo come open by means of a zipper.
- transitivecomputingTo restore (compressed data) to its original form, from a zip file.
Synonyms: uncompress, decompress
Synonyms & antonyms
verbTo restore (compressed data) to its original form, from a zip file.
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Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂ent-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂énts
- Proto-Germanic*anda-
- Proto-West Germanic*anda-
- Old Englishand-
- Old Englishon-
- Middle Englishon-
- Englishun-
- Englishzip
- Englishunzip
Translations
Bulgarian отварям ципа, разгъвам
- отварям ципа (otvarjam cipa)to open something using a zipper
- разгъвам (razgăvam)computing: to decompress a zip file
- разархивирам (razarhiviram)computing: to decompress a zip file
Catalan descomprimir
- descomprimircomputing: to decompress a zip file
Chinese Mandarin 解壓縮 /解压缩
- 解壓縮 /解压缩 (jiěyāsuō)computing: to decompress a zip file
Czech dekomprimovat
- dekomprimovatcomputing: to decompress a zip file
Finnish avata vetoketju, purkaa
- avata vetoketjuto open something using a zipper
- purkaacomputing: to decompress a zip file
French décompresser, dézipper
- décompressercomputing: to decompress a zip file
- dézippercomputing: to decompress a zip file
German Reißverschluss öffnen, entpacken
- Reißverschluss öffnento open something using a zipper
- entpackencomputing: to decompress a zip file
- dekomprimierencomputing: to decompress a zip file
- entzippencomputing: to decompress a zip file
Greek αποσυμπιέζω
- αποσυμπιέζω (aposympiézo)computing: to decompress a zip file
Hebrew חלץ, פשט
- חלץ (h'aletz)computing: to decompress a zip file
- פשט (fashét)computing: to decompress a zip file
Hungarian kicipzároz, kinyitja a cipzárját
- kicipzározto open something using a zipper
- kinyitja a cipzárjátto open something using a zipper
- kinyílik a cipzárjato come open by means of a zipper
- kicsomagolcomputing: to decompress a zip file
- kibontcomputing: to decompress a zip file
- kitömörítcomputing: to decompress a zip file
Icelandic afþjappa
- afþjappacomputing: to decompress a zip file
Italian decomprimere
- decomprimerecomputing: to decompress a zip file
Māori whewhera
- whewheracomputing: to decompress a zip file
Portuguese descomprimir, descompactar
- descomprimircomputing: to decompress a zip file
- descompactarcomputing: to decompress a zip file
- desziparcomputing: to decompress a zip file
Spanish bajar el síper, abrir el riqui
- bajar el síperto open something using a zipper
- abrir el riquito open something using a zipper
- descomprimircomputing: to decompress a zip file
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with unzip
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APA
unzip. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unzip
MLA
“unzip.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unzip. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unzip,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unzip.
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