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cryptocurrency

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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noun

Meaning 1

A digital currency based on a cryptographic system, usually having no central issuing or regulating authority.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Examples

  • Bitcoin was the first decentralized cryptocurrency.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: crypto

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: digital currency, cybercurrency, currency

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Ancient Greek κρῠ́πτω (krŭ́ptō) Ancient Greek κρῠπτός (krŭptós)der. English crypto- Proto-Indo-European *ḱers- Proto-Indo-European *-éti Proto-Indo-European *ḱr̥séti Proto-Italic *korzō Latin currō Latin currēns Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ia Medieval Latin currentiabor. English currency English cryptocurrency From crypto- (“cryptographic”) + currency.

Across languages

Translations

72 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: عُمْلَة مُعَمَّاة (ʕumla muʕammāh) — type of digital currency
  • Arabic: مُشَفَّرَة (mušaffara) — type of digital currency
  • Armenian: կրիպտոարժույթ (kriptoaržuytʻ) — type of digital currency
  • Azerbaijani: kriptovalyuta — type of digital currency
  • Bashkir: криптовалюта (kriptovalyuta) — type of digital currency
  • Belarusian: крыптавалю́та (kryptavaljúta) — type of digital currency
  • Bulgarian: криптовалу́та (kriptovalúta) — type of digital currency
  • Catalan: criptomoneda — type of digital currency
  • Chinese Mandarin: 加密貨幣 /加密货币 (jiāmì huòbì) — type of digital currency
  • Czech: kryptoměna — type of digital currency
  • Danish: kryptovaluta — type of digital currency
  • Dutch: cryptogeld — type of digital currency
  • Dutch: cryptovaluta — type of digital currency
  • Dutch: cryptomunt — type of digital currency
  • Esperanto: kriptomono — type of digital currency
  • Esperanto: ĉifromono — type of digital currency
  • Estonian: krüptoraha — type of digital currency
  • Finnish: kryptovaluutta — type of digital currency
  • Finnish: krypto — type of digital currency
  • French: cryptomonnaie — type of digital currency
  • Galician: criptomoeda — type of digital currency
  • Galician: criptodivisa — type of digital currency
  • Georgian: კრიპტოვალუტა (ḳriṗṭovaluṭa) — type of digital currency
  • German: Kryptowährung — type of digital currency
  • German: Kryptogeld — type of digital currency
  • Greek: κρυπτονόμισμα (kryptonómisma) — type of digital currency
  • Hindi: गुप्तमुद्रा (guptmudrā) — type of digital currency
  • Hungarian: kriptovaluta — type of digital currency
  • Hungarian: kriptopénz — type of digital currency
  • Italian: criptovaluta — type of digital currency
  • Japanese: 暗号通貨 (angō tsūka) — type of digital currency
  • Kazakh: криптовалюта (kriptovalüta) — type of digital currency
  • Khmer: រូបិយប័ណ្ណគ្រីបតូ (ruubəybannɑɑkriiptou) — type of digital currency
  • Khmer: លុយគ្រីបតូ (luykriiptou) — type of digital currency
  • Korean: 암호화폐 (amhohwapye) — type of digital currency
  • Kyrgyz: криптовалюта (kriptovalyuta) — type of digital currency
  • Latin: cryptocurrentia — type of digital currency
  • Latvian: kriptonauda — type of digital currency
  • Lithuanian: kriptovaliuta — type of digital currency
  • Macedonian: криптовалу́та (kriptovalúta) — type of digital currency
  • Malay: kriptowang — type of digital currency
  • Malay: mata wang kripto — type of digital currency
  • Māori: moni whitirangi — type of digital currency
  • Norwegian Bokmål: kryptovaluta — type of digital currency
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: kryptovaluta — type of digital currency
  • Persian: رمزارز (ramzârz) — type of digital currency
  • Polish: kryptowaluta — type of digital currency
  • Portuguese: criptomoeda — type of digital currency
  • Portuguese: criptodivisa — type of digital currency
  • Romanian: criptomonedă — type of digital currency
  • Romanian: criptovalută — type of digital currency
  • Russian: криптовалю́та (kriptovaljúta) — type of digital currency
  • Serbo-Croatian: криптовалута — type of digital currency
  • Serbo-Croatian: kriptovaluta — type of digital currency
  • Sicilian: crittuvaluta — type of digital currency
  • Sicilian: cryptovaluta — type of digital currency
  • Slovak: kryptomena — type of digital currency
  • Slovene: kriptovaluta — type of digital currency
  • Spanish: criptomoneda — type of digital currency
  • Swedish: kryptovaluta — type of digital currency
  • Tajik: рамзарз (ramzarz) — type of digital currency
  • Tajik: криптоасъор (kriptoas'or) — type of digital currency
  • Telugu: క్రిప్టోకరెన్సీ (kripṭōkarensī) — type of digital currency
  • Turkish: kripto para — type of digital currency
  • Turkish: kripto döviz — type of digital currency
  • Ukrainian: криптовалю́та (kryptovaljúta) — type of digital currency
  • Uyghur: شىفىرلىق پۇل (shifirliq pul) — type of digital currency
  • Uzbek: kriptovalyuta — type of digital currency
  • Vietnamese: tiền mã hóa — type of digital currency
  • Vietnamese: tiền điện tử — type of digital currency
  • Vietnamese: tiền kĩ thuật — type of digital currency
  • Vietnamese: tiền ảo — type of digital currency
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