name · noun · verb · 6 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.
Sound
Pronunciation
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General-American:/ɪnˈkoʊd/
Received-Pronunciation:/ɪnˈkəʊd/
Southern-England:Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
rhymes with -əʊd
CMU ARPABET:EH0 N K OW1 D
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
name
Meaning 1
Abbreviation of Encyclopedia of DNA Elements; a catalogue of all the functional elements, encoded in the human genome.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of
Examples
2017, Franziska Denk, "Don’t let useful data go to waste", Nature, 543:7, 2 March 2017, doi:10.1038/543007a. Many scientists have used some of those resources, such as the Encyclopedia of DNA Elements (ENCODE) launched by the US National Human Genome Research Institute.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
An encoding operation.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
verb
Meaning 3
To convert (plain text) into code.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Examples
encode a secret message to be sent
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: encipher, encrypt
Antonyms: decode, decipher, decrypt
4
verb
Meaning 4
To convert source information into another form.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Topics: communication, communications
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
5
verb
Meaning 5
To constitute the code necessary for the biosynthesis of a protein by means of a matrix so as to transcribe DNA material.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, natural-sciences
Examples
Berg, Jeremy M. with Tymoczko, John and Stryer, Lubert (2002), “RNA Synthesis and Splicing”, in Biochemistry, Fifth eidtion edition, W H Freeman and Company, →ISBN, retrieved 05 Dec 2009: “The ability of one gene to encode more than one distinct mRNA and, hence, more than one protein may play a key role in expanding the repertoire of our genomes.”
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h1én Proto-Italic *en Proto-Italic *en- Latin in- Old French en-bor. Middle English en- English en- English code English encode From en- + code.
Across languages
Translations
36 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Bulgarian:
кодирам
(kodiram)
— to convert plain text into code
Czech:
zakódovat
— to convert plain text into code
Danish:
kode
— to convert plain text into code
Danish:
indkode
— to convert plain text into code
Finnish:
koodata
— to convert plain text into code
Georgian:
დაშიფვრა
(dašipvra)
— to convert plain text into code
Georgian:
კოდირება
(ḳodireba)
— to convert plain text into code
Greek:
κωδικοποιώ
(kodikopoió)
— to convert plain text into code
Greek:
κωδικογραφώ
(kodikografó)
— to convert plain text into code
Hungarian:
kódol
— to convert plain text into code
Japanese:
暗号化する
(angōka suru)
— to convert plain text into code
Kazakh:
шифрлау
(şifrlau)
— to convert plain text into code
Māori:
whakawaehere
— to convert plain text into code
Portuguese:
codificar
— to convert plain text into code
Romanian:
codifica
— to convert plain text into code
Spanish:
codificar
— to convert plain text into code
Swedish:
koda
— to convert plain text into code
Vietnamese:
mã hóa
— to convert plain text into code
Danish:
kode
— to convert source information into another form
Danish:
indkode
— to convert source information into another form
Dutch:
coderen
— to convert source information into another form
Finnish:
koodata
— to convert source information into another form
Hungarian:
kódol
— to convert source information into another form
Hungarian:
bekódol
— to convert source information into another form
Hungarian:
rejtjelez
— to convert source information into another form
Hungarian:
sifríroz
— to convert source information into another form
Hungarian:
titkosírásba áttesz
— to convert source information into another form
Japanese:
エンコードする
(enkōdo suru)
— to convert source information into another form
Spanish:
codificar
— to convert source information into another form
Vietnamese:
chuyển mã
— to convert source information into another form
