transliterate

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Pronunciation

/tɹænzˈlɪtəɹeɪt/

Definition of transliterate

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

verb

(transitive)To represent letters or words in the characters of another writing system.

“In German, the ß character is called eszett. It’s used in “Straße,” the word for street, and in the expletive “Scheiße.” It’s often transliterated as “ss,” and strangely enough, it’s never had an official uppercase counterpart.”

Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.

From Latin transliterātum, past participle of transliterō, from trans (“across”) + literō , from littera (“letter”).

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