🔍decipher (dɪˈsaɪfəʁ)

verb
/dɪˈsaɪfər/
déchiffrer (dechiffrer)

Signification

To make sense of something difficult to read or understand; to decode.
To convert something written in code into normal language; to succeed in understanding the meaning of something.
Traduction de la signification
Comprendre quelque chose de difficile à lire ou à comprendre; décoder.
Comprendre quelque chose de difficile a lire ou a comprendre; decoder.

Phrases d'exemple

She managed to decipher the old handwritten letter.

Elle a réussi à déchiffrer la vieille lettre manuscrite.
Elle a reussi a dechiffrer la vieille lettre manuscrite.

It took hours to decipher the ancient script.

Il a fallu des heures pour déchiffrer l'écriture ancienne.
Il a fallu des heures pour dechiffrer l'ecriture ancienne.

Expressions d'exemple

decipher a code
déchiffrer un code
dechiffrer un code

Synonymes

decode, interpret, translate, solve, unravel
Entrée 1
decode, interpret, translate, solve, unravel
Entrée 2
interpret, decode

Antonymes

confuse, obscure, encrypt
Entrée 1
confuse, obscure, encrypt
Entrée 2
confuse, obscure

Collocations

decipher handwriting, decipher message, decipher meaning, decipher code

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