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”).

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

• dešifrovací
• dešifrovat
• dešifrování
• šifrovací
• šifrovat
• šifrování

 

Related terms

• cifra

 

Further reading

• “šifra”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “šifra”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “šifra”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)

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 [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024