decrypt

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • (verb) IPA(key): /dɪˈkɹɪpt/, /diːˈkɹɪpt/
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  • (noun) IPA(key): /ˈdiːkɹɪpt/
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  • Rhymes: -ɪpt, -iːkɹɪpt

Verb

decrypt (third-person singular simple present decrypts, present participle decrypting, simple past and past participle decrypted)

  1. (transitive) To convert (an encrypted or coded message) back into plain text.
    Antonym: encrypt

Translations
to convert back to plain text

Noun

decrypt (plural decrypts)

  1. A decoded communication.
    • 1979, Francis Harry Hinsley, British Intelligence in the Second World War, page 182:
      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.
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