transliterate
English
editEtymology
editFrom Latin transliterātum, past participle of transliterō, from trans (“across”) + literō , from littera (“letter”).
Pronunciation
edit- IPA(key): /tɹænzˈlɪtəɹeɪt/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Verb
edittransliterate (third-person singular simple present transliterates, present participle transliterating, simple past and past participle transliterated)
- (transitive) To represent letters or words in the characters of another writing system.
- 2017 July 20, Thu-Huong Ha, “Germany has ended a century-long debate over a missing letter in its alphabet”, in Quartz[1]:
- 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.
Derived terms
editRelated terms
editTranslations
editto represent letters or words in the characters of another alphabet or script
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See also
editFurther reading
edit- “transliterate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “transliterate”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
Spanish
editVerb
edittransliterate
- second-person singular voseo imperative of transliterar combined with te