šifra

See also: sifra and sífra

Czech

Etymology

Borrowed from German Chiffre, from French chiffre (“digit, cipher”) from Italian cifra (“digit, cipher”), originally from Arabic صِفْر (ṣifr, “zero, empty, nothing”).[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈʃɪfra]

Noun

šifra f

  1. cipher (method for concealing the meaning of text)
  2. cipher (cryptographic system using an algorithm)

Declension
Declension of šifra (hard feminine reducible)
singular plural
nominative šifra šifry
genitive šifry šifer
dative šifře šifrám
accusative šifru šifry
vocative šifro šifry
locative šifře šifrách
instrumental šifrou šiframi

Derived terms

References
  1. "šifra" in Jiří Rejzek, Český etymologický slovník, electronic version, Leda, 2007

Further reading
  • šifra in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • šifra in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
  • šifra in Internetová jazyková příručka

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from French chiffre (“digit, cipher”), from Medieval Latin cifra (“zero”), from Arabic صِفْر (ṣifr, “zero, empty, nothing”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈʃîfra/

Noun

šȉfra f (Cyrillic spelling ши̏фра)

  1. code, cipher (method for concealing the meaning of text)
    Synonym: kȏd
  2. password, passcode
    Synonyms: lòzīnka, zápōrka

Declension
Declension of šifra
singular plural
nominative šȉfra šȉfre
genitive šȉfrē šȉfārā / šífrī
dative šȉfri šȉframa
accusative šȉfru šȉfre
vocative šȉfro šȉfre
locative šȉfri šȉframa
instrumental šȉfrōm šȉframa

References
  • “šifra” in Hrvatski jezični portal
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