decrypt

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decrypt

/dɪˈkɹɪpt/
/diːˈkɹɪpt/
/ˈdiːkɹɪpt/

Rhymes with -ɪpt, -iːkɹɪpt

Where it comes from

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

verb decrypts · decrypting · decrypted

transitive To convert (an encrypted or coded message) back into plain text.
Similar: decipher, decode · Opposite: encipher, encode, encrypt

noun 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.

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verb to convert back to plain text

Español	descifrar, desencriptar, descriptar
한국어	해독하다 haedokhada, 복호화하다 bokhohwahada
日本語	解読する kaidoku suru
中文	解密 jiěmì, 解碼 /解码 jiěmǎ, 解讀 /解读 jiědú
Português	desencriptar
Français	déchiffrer
Deutsch	entschlüsseln
Ελληνικά	αποκρυπτογραφώ apokryptografó
Русский	расшифро́вывать rasšifróvyvatʹ, расшифрова́ть rasšifrovátʹ

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@misc{decrypt_2026,
  title = {decrypt},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/decrypt},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}