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English

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Etymology

pass +‎ word; the sentry-passing sense predates the cryptographic sense and was its inspiration.

Pronunciation

Noun

password (plural passwords)

  2. (military, security) A word relayed to a person to gain admittance to a place or to gain access to information.
    Only if a would-be visitor knew the password du jour could he pass; the guards allowed no exceptions.
  4. (computing, cryptography) A string of characters used to log in to a computer or network, to access a level in a video game, and so on; archetypally a word but nowadays often an alphanumeric string or a phrase.
    A strong password has a mixture of lowercase and uppercase letters, numbers, and punctuation marks.

Synonyms

Coordinate terms

  • (cryptographic key): passkey (coordinate in its sense contrasted with passwords)
  • (cryptographic key): passphrase, keyphrase (used either coordinately or hyponymously; equivalent except for containing spaces)

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Verb

password (third-person singular simple present passwords, present participle passwording, simple past and past participle passworded)

  1. (computing, transitive) To protect with a password.

Usage notes

  • To password protect is the more common expression.

See also

Danish

Etymology

First attested in 1983, borrowed from English password.

Pronunciation

Noun

password n (singular definite passwordet, plural indefinite password or passwords)

  1. (computing) password

Inflection

Declension of password
neuter
gender 		Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative password passwordet password
passwords 		passwordene
genitive passwords passwordets passwords
passwords' 		passwordenes

Synonyms

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from English password.

Pronunciation

Noun

password f (invariable)

  1. (computing) password
    Synonyms: codice, (uncommon) parola d'ordine

Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English password.

Pronunciation

Noun

password f (plural passwords)

  1. (computing) password (secret string of characters used to access a system)
    Synonyms: palavra-passe, senha

Further reading

Spanish

Noun

password m (plural passwords)

  1. password

Tagalog

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpaswoɾd/,
  • Hyphenation: pass‧word

Noun

password (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜐ᜔ᜏᜓᜇ᜔ᜇ᜔)

  1. Alternative spelling of pasword

Further reading

  • “password”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
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