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crypt

UK
/krɪpt/
US
/krɪpt/

Translations

cryptnoun
crypts
pl
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US
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The ancient crypt beneath the cathedral was filled with the tombs of past bishops.
L'ancienne crypte sous la cathédrale était remplie des tombeaux des évêques passés.
crypteAnatomie
The doctor explained that the crypts in the intestines play a crucial role in digestion.
Le médecin a expliqué que les cryptes dans les intestins jouent un rôle crucial dans la digestion.
Additional translations
cryptInformatique
Synonyms
vault
mausoleum
sepulcher
burial chamber
grave
catacomb
tomb
cryptverb
crypted
Past Simple
crypted
Past Participle
crypting
Gerund
UK
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US
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Rare but attested in computing (“to encrypt or hash using the Unix crypt function”) and occasionally in the literal sense “to entomb in a crypt”.
crypterInformatique
The script crypts each file before uploading it.
Le script crypte chaque fichier avant de le téléverser.
Additional translations
inhumerSens rare, pour un corps placé dans une crypte
Synonyms
enshrine
sepulcher
bury
inurn
inhume
entomb
inter
cryptadjective
Attributive use: “crypt chapel”, “crypt space”; functions like an adjective meaning “relating to a crypt”.
de la crypte
The crypt stairs are narrow and worn.
L'escalier de la crypte est étroit et usé.

Definitions

cryptnoun
An underground room or vault beneath a church, used as a chapel or burial place.
The ancient crypt beneath the cathedral was filled with the tombs of past bishops.
A small tubular gland or cavity in the body, such as a crypt of Lieberkühn in the intestines.
The doctor explained that the crypts in the intestines play a crucial role in digestion.
Computing: a Unix password-hashing or encryption function, or the string produced by it.
System administrators can compare the user’s crypt against the entered password.
cryptverb
To encrypt or hash data using the Unix ‘crypt’ function or similar routine.
The script crypts each file before uploading it.
To place (a corpse) in a crypt; to entomb.
The family crypted their ancestors beneath the old chapel.
cryptadjective
Relating to or situated in a crypt.
The crypt stairs are narrow and worn.
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