cypher

ˈsaɪfər

Definition of cypher - Reverso English Dictionary

Noun

communication

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message written in a secret code

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The spy sent a cypher to his contact.

cipher

code

cryptography

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secret or disguised way of writing

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The ancient manuscript contained a complex cypher..

cipher

code

number nothing

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zero; figure 0

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He mistakenly read the cypher as a six..

nought

null

Verb

tr.

encode

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convert into secret writing

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She learned to cypher her messages during the war..

encode

encrypt

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Origin of cypher

Arabic, sifr (zero, empty)

Examples of cypher in a sentence

The cypher was impossible to break.
The spy communicated using a cypher.
The letter was written in a cypher only they could understand.
The code was just a cypher, not a real number.
The old manuscript had a cypher at the bottom.
He used a special code to cypher the documents.

They needed to cypher the data for security reasons.

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French:message codé, chiffrer, ...
German:Chiffre, verschlüsseln, ...
Italian:cifrario, cifrare, ...
Spanish:cifrado, cifrar, ...
Portuguese:cifra, cifrar, ...
Chinese:密码, 编码, ...
Japanese:暗号, 暗号化する, ...
Arabic:شِيفرَة, شَفَّرَ, ...
Hebrew:צוֹפֶן, לְצַפֵּן, ...
Russian:шифр, кодировать, ...
Ukrainian:шифр, шифрувати, ...
Hindi:साइफर, गुप्त लेखन में बदलना, ...
Bengali:সাইফার, গোপন সংকেতে রূপান্তর করা, ...
Catalan:xifrat, xifrar, ...
Czech:šifra, zašifrovat, ...
Danish:kodebesked, kryptere, ...
Dutch:cijfer, versleutelen, ...
Greek:κρυπτογράφημα, κρυπτογραφώ, ...
Hungarian:rejtjeles üzenet, titkosítani, ...
Khmer:សារសម្ងាត់, បម្លែងជាកូដសម្ងាត់, ...
Korean:암호문, 암호화하다, ...
Persian:رمزنامه, رمزگذاری کردن, ...
Polish:szyfr, szyfrować, ...
Portuguese (BR):cifra, cifrar, ...
Romanian:mesaj cifrat, a codifica, ...
Swedish:chiffer, kryptera, ...
Thai:ข้อความลับ, เข้ารหัส, ...
Turkish:şifre, şifrelemek, ...
Vietnamese:mật mã, chuyển thành mật mã, ...

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