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Pronunciation / Transliteration: ent-tsif-fern
"Es war schwer, seine Handschrift zu entziffern."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
To convert text written in code into normal language or to interpret something that is difficult to understand or make out.
"The historians worked for years to decipher the ancient inscription on the stone tablet." - 2
To succeed in interpreting, reading, or understanding something obscure, vague, or illegible.
"I could barely decipher my doctor's handwriting on the prescription."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the 17th century via French déchiffrer, combining the privative prefix dés- (from Latin dis-) meaning 'undo' and chiffrer meaning 'to calculate or encode' (ultimately from Arabic ṣifr meaning 'zero' or 'cipher'). Originally used in the context of reading secret writings or codes, its meaning broadened to encompass interpreting anything obscure or difficult to understand.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Decipher" is said worldwide
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déchiffrer
Transliteration: day-shee-fray
"Il a essayé de déchiffrer le message secret."
entziffern
Transliteration: ent-tsif-fern
"Es war schwer, seine Handschrift zu entziffern."
decifrare
Transliteration: de-chi-fra-re
"Gli esperti sono riusciti a decifrare il codice antico."
descifrar
Transliteration: deh-seef-rar
"Ella logró descifrar el mensaje oculto en el libro."
decifrar
Transliteration: deh-see-frar
"O detetive tentou decifrar as pistas."
समझना
Transliteration: samajhna
"पुरातत्वविदों ने प्राचीन लिपि को समझने की कोशिश की।"
破译
Transliteration: pò yì
"密码专家很快就破译了敌人的电报。"
해독하다
Transliteration: haedok-hada
"우리는 고대 문자를 해독하는 데 성공했다."
解読する
Transliteration: kaidoku suru
"専門家がその暗号を解読した。"
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