noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
Canada, US:/ɪnˈkɹɪpʃən/
Canada, US:/ɛnˈkɹɪpʃən/
UK:/ɪŋˈkɹɪpʃən/
Southern-England:Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
CMU ARPABET:EH0 N K R IH1 P SH AH0 N
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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noun
Meaning 1
The process of obscuring information to make it unreadable without special knowledge, key files, or passwords.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Etymology tree English encrypt Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English -ion English encryption From encrypt + -ion.
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31 source translations are retained for this English entry.