Decipher — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

convert code into ordinary language

read with difficulty

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/dˌɪsɪŋkˈɑːɹsɚɹˌeɪt/

🇬🇧British English

/dɪsˈaɪfə/

🇮🇳Indian English

/dɪsˈaɪfə/

3 syllables Say it as /dˌɪsɪŋkˈɑːɹsɚɹˌeɪt/.

Examples

Can you decipher this letter?
The archeologist traced the hieroglyphs

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

decode trace decrypt

Antonyms

encode

Parts of Speech

verb	convert code into ordinary language
verb	read with difficulty “Can you decipher this letter?”

Word Forms

decoding	noun	the activity of making clear or converting from code into plain text
decryption	noun	the activity of making clear or converting from code into plain text
decipherment	noun	the activity of making clear or converting from code into plain text
decipherer	noun	the kind of intellectual who converts messages from a code to plain text

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

entziffern

Code in gewöhnliche Sprache umwandeln

🇫🇷French

déchiffrer

convertir le code en langage ordinaire

🇪🇸Spanish

descifrar

convertir código a lenguaje ordinario

🇮🇹Italian

decifrare

convertire il codice in linguaggio ordinario

🇳🇱Dutch

ontcijferen

code omzetten in gewone taal

🇵🇹Portuguese

decifrar

converter código em linguagem comum

🇷🇺Russian

расшифровать

конвертировать код в обычный язык

India

🇮🇳Hindi

पढ़ना

कोड को सामान्य भाषा में परिवर्तित करें

🇧🇩Bengali

পাঠোদ্ধার

কোডটিকে সাধারণ ভাষায় রূপান্তর করুন

🇮🇳Tamil

புரிந்துகொள்பவர்

குறியீட்டை சாதாரண மொழியில் மாற்றவும்

🇮🇳Telugu

అర్థాన్ని విడదీసేవాడు

కోడ్‌ను సాధారణ భాషలోకి మార్చండి

🇮🇳Marathi

उलगडणे

कोडला सामान्य भाषेत रूपांतरित करा

🇮🇳Gujarati

ડિસાયફર

કોડને સામાન્ય ભાષામાં કન્વર્ટ કરો

🇮🇳Kannada

ಅರ್ಥವಿವರಣೆ

ಕೋಡ್ ಅನ್ನು ಸಾಮಾನ್ಯ ಭಾಷೆಗೆ ಪರಿವರ್ತಿಸಿ

🇮🇳Malayalam

മനസ്സിലാക്കുക

കോഡ് സാധാരണ ഭാഷയിലേക്ക് പരിവർത്തനം ചെയ്യുക

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਸਮਝਣਾ

ਕੋਡ ਨੂੰ ਆਮ ਭਾਸ਼ਾ ਵਿੱਚ ਬਦਲੋ

🇵🇰Urdu

سمجھنا

کوڈ کو عام زبان میں تبدیل کریں۔

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

解码

将代码转换为普通语言

🇯🇵Japanese

解読する

コードを通常の言語に変換する

🇰🇷Korean

풀다

코드를 일반 언어로 변환

🇻🇳Vietnamese

giải mã

chuyển đổi mã sang ngôn ngữ thông thường

🇹🇭Thai

ถอดรหัส

แปลงรหัสเป็นภาษาธรรมดา

🇮🇩Indonesian

menguraikan

mengubah kode menjadi bahasa biasa

🇲🇾Malay

mentafsir

menukar kod kepada bahasa biasa

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

فك

تحويل الكود إلى لغة عادية

🇮🇷Persian

رمزگشایی

تبدیل کد به زبان معمولی

🇹🇷Turkish

şifreyi çözmek

kodu sıradan dile dönüştür

🇮🇱Hebrew

לְפַעֲנֵחַ

להמיר קוד לשפה רגילה

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