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decipherment

decipherment noun: the analysis of documents written in ancient languages, where the language is unknown, or knowledge of the language has been lost.

Noun

decipherment (countable and uncountable, plural decipherments)

  1. The analysis of documents written in ancient languages, where the language is unknown, or knowledge of the language has been lost.
  2. Decryption.

decipherment meaning in Tamil

decipherment in Tamil

புதிர் விடுவிப்பு

Forms of decipherment

pluraldecipherments

Origin of decipherment

From decipher + -ment.

Questions about decipherment

What does decipherment mean?
Decipherment means the analysis of documents written in ancient languages, where the language is unknown, or knowledge of the language has been lost.
What is decipherment in Tamil?
Decipherment in Tamil is புதிர் விடுவிப்பு. See Decipherment meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is decipherment?
Decipherment is a noun.
What is the plural of decipherment?
The plural of decipherment is decipherments.

Words near decipherment in the dictionary

  1. decipherers
  2. decipheress
  3. decipheresses
  4. deciphering
  5. decipherings
  6. decipherment
  7. decipherments
  8. deciphers
  9. decipiency
  10. decipium
  11. decipol

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Adapted from Wiktionary: decipherment (page history and authors); decipherment (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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