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10 Language-to-English DictionariesCipher
/ˈsaɪ.fər/Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
A secret or disguised way of writing; a code used to encrypt and decrypt confidential messages.
"The spies communicated using a complex cryptographic cipher that baffled enemy intelligence." - 2
A person or thing of no weight, value, or importance; a nonentity.
"He felt like a mere cipher in the vast and impersonal corporate bureaucracy."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from Middle English cyfre, via Old French from Medieval Latin cifra, originating from Arabic ṣifr meaning 'empty' or 'zero'. Over centuries, the meaning shifted from the Arabic term for zero to numerical digits generally, then to secret writing or a coded message, and later to a person of no importance.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Cipher" is said worldwide
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chiffre
Transliteration: /ʃifʁ/
"Le message secret a été écrit à l'aide d'un chiffre complexe."
Chiffre
Transliteration: /ˈʃɪfʁə/
"Die geheime Nachricht wurde mit einer neuen Chiffre verschlüsselt."
cifra
Transliteration: /ˈtʃi.fra/
"La polizia ha faticato a decodificare la cifra utilizzata dai criminali."
cifra
Transliteration: /ˈsi.fɾa/
"El espía descifró el código secreto en pocos minutos."
cifra
Transliteration: /ˈsi.fɾɐ/
"A mensagem foi enviada usando uma cifra altamente segura."
कूटलिपि
Transliteration: kootlipi
"गुप्तचर ने कूटलिपि में लिखा हुआ संदेश पढ़ लिया।"
密码
Transliteration: mìmǎ
"情报人员使用复杂的密码来保护通信安全。"
암호
Transliteration: amho
"그들은 적의 눈을 속이기 위해 암호를 사용했다."
暗号
Transliteration: angō
"諜報員は暗号文を使って本部に連絡を取った。"
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