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cipher
[ sahy-fer ]
/ ˈsaɪ fər /
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noun
verb (used without object)
to use figures or numerals arithmetically.
to write in or as in cipher.
verb (used with object)
to calculate numerically; figure.
to convert into cipher.
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Also especially British, cy·pher .
Origin of cipher
1350–1400; Middle English siphre<Medieval Latin ciphra<Arabic ṣifr empty, zero; translation of Sanskrit śūnyā empty
OTHER WORDS FROM cipher
ci·pher·a·ble, adjectiveci·pher·er, nounWords nearby cipher
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British Dictionary definitions for cipher
cipher
cypher
/ (ˈsaɪfə) /
noun
verb
Word Origin for cipher
C14: from Old French cifre zero, from Medieval Latin cifra, from Arabic sifr zero, empty
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