decipherment

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decipherment

noun decipherments

countable, uncountable The analysis of documents written in ancient languages, where the language is unknown, or knowledge of the language has been lost.
countable, uncountable Decryption.

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noun the analysis of documents written in ancient languages

Español	desciframiento
Français	déchiffrement
Deutsch	Entzifferung
Italiano	deciframento
Ελληνικά	αποκρυπτογράφιση apokryptográfisi

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@misc{decipherment_2026,
  title = {decipherment},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/decipherment},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}