decoder

See also: décoder

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *de

Proto-Indo-European *-h₁

Proto-Indo-European *déh₁

Proto-Italic *dē

Latin dē

Latin dē-der.

English de-

English code

English decode

Proto-Indo-European *-yósder.

Proto-Italic *-āzios

Latin -āriusnom.

Latin -āriusbor.

Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz

Proto-West Germanic *-ārī

Old English -ere

Middle English -ere

English -er

English decoder

From decode + -er.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /dɪˈkəʊdə(ɹ)/

• Audio (Southern England):

  (file)

Noun

decoder (plural decoders)

1. A person who decodes secret messages
2. A device that decodes a scrambled electronic signal e.g. of a satellite television signal

Derived terms

• codec
• decoder ring
• isodecoder

Translations

A person who decodes secret messages

• Finnish: koodin purkaja
• German: Dekodierer m, Dekodiererin f

A device that decodes a scrambled electronic signal e.g. of a satellite television signal

• Catalan: descodificador m
• Czech: dekodér m
• Dutch: decoder (nl) m
• Estonian: dekooder
• Finnish: dekooderi
• French: décodeur (fr)
• German: Dekoder m
• Greek: αποκωδικοποιητής (el) m (apokodikopoiitís)
• Italian: decoder (it) m, decodificatore (it) m
• Kashubian: dekòder m
• Malay: dekoder
• Polish: dekoder (pl) m, deszyfrator m
• Romanian: decodor n
• Spanish: descodificador (es) m, decodificador (es) m

See also

• coder

Anagrams

• code red, decored, recoded

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from English decoder.

Pronunciation

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

decoder m (invariable)

1. decoder

   Synonym: decodificatore

2. set-top box