encipher

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₁én

Proto-Italic *en

Proto-Italic *en-

Latin in-

Old French en-bor.

Middle English en-

English en-

English cipher

English encipher

From en- + cipher.

Verb

encipher (third-person singular simple present enciphers, present participle enciphering, simple past and past participle enciphered)

1. To convert plain text into cipher.

   Synonyms: encode, encrypt

   Antonyms: decode, decipher, decrypt

   Coordinate terms: recode, recipher

Derived terms

• encipherer
• encipherment
• superencipher
• unenciphered

Translations

to encrypt

• Czech: zašifrovat
• Finnish: salakirjoittaa
• Icelandic: dulrita
• Polish: zaszyfrować (pl) pf
• Swedish: kryptera (sv), chiffrera (sv)