verb · transitive · rare

decipher

decipher · deciphers · deciphered · deciphering

розшифрувати, розшифровувати

расшифровать, разбирать, расшифровывать

entschlüsseln, entziffern, dechiffrieren

To convert a code or cipher to plain textTo convert a code or cipher to plain text.

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/dɪˈsaɪfə(ɹ)/

» Tom deciphered the code.

Tom entzifferte den Kode.

Том розшифрував код.

Meaning

4 senses

(transitive)To convert a code or cipher to plain text.
dechiffrieren, entschlüsseln
расшифро́выватьrasšifróvyvatʹ, расшифрова́тьrasšifrovátʹ
розшифро́вуватиrozšyfróvuvaty, розшифрува́тиrozšyfruváty
convert code into ordinary language
(transitive)To read text that is almost illegible or obscure.
entziffern
разбирать
read with difficulty
(transitive)To make sense of a complex situation.
(transitive)To find a solution to a problem.
entschlüsseln

Examples

34 sentences

Tom deciphered the code.
Том розшифрував код.
deTom entzifferte den Kode.
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Can you decipher the message?
Ти можеш розшифрувати послання?
deKannst du die Nachricht entschlüsseln?
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I can't decipher this message.
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Investigators are trying to decipher what happened.
Дослідники намагаються розібрати те, що трапилося.
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She deciphered a message.
Вона розшифрувала повідомлення.
deSie entzifferte eine Nachricht.
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Translations

8 languages

Українська

By meaning 1

to decode or decrypt a code or cipher:

Русский

By meaning 2

to decode or decrypt a code or cipher:

to read illegible or obscure text:

Deutsch

By meaning 2

to decode or decrypt a code or cipher:

to read illegible or obscure text:

Origin

As decypher, but not retaining the y from the Old French etyma of cipher (cyfre, cyffre);

As decypher, but not retaining the y from the Old French etyma of cipher (cyfre, cyffre); the i spelling tends to be preferred etymologically, being consistent with its cognates, the French déchiffrer and the Italian decifrare, and with their common ancestor, the Medieval Latin cifra, cifera, ciphra. By surface analysis, de- + cipher.

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