Dictionary

transliterate en · VERB

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /tɹænzˈlɪtəɹeɪt/

Etymology

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

Meanings

1. (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. 2017 July 20, Thu-Huong Ha, “Germany has ended a century-long debate over a missing letter in its alphabet”, in Quartz, archived from the original on 04 Mar 2019:
   • Everyone in Moscow uses the English term “face control,” though the phrase is often transliterated in print as “feis kontrol.” 2009 September 25, Joshua Yaffa, “Barbarians at the Gate”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 03 Feb 2012:

Forms

Deriveds

back-transliterate · transliterable · mistransliterate · transliteratable · retransliterate

Relateds

transcribe · transliteral · transliterator · transliteration · transliterally

Translations (54)

cy trawslythrennu (to represent letters or words in the characters of another alphabet or script) · vi dịch âm (to represent letters or words in the characters of another alphabet or script) · sq tejshkronjëzoj (to represent letters or words in the characters of another alphabet or script) · cs transliterovat (to represent letters or words in the characters of another alphabet or script) · hu betűnként/betű szerint átír (to represent letters or words in the characters of another alphabet or script) · sh transliterírati (to represent letters or words in the characters of another alphabet or script) · lt transliteruoti (to represent letters or words in the characters of another alphabet or script) · az transliterasiya etmək (to represent letters or words in the characters of another alphabet or script) · bg транслитери́рам (to represent letters or words in the characters of another alphabet or script) · cmn （進行）音譯 /（进行）音译 (to represent letters or words in the characters of another alphabet or script) · vi chuyển dịch (to represent letters or words in the characters of another alphabet or script) · fi translitteroida (to represent letters or words in the characters of another alphabet or script) · ast treslliterar (to represent letters or words in the characters of another alphabet or script) · hu átbetűz (to represent letters or words in the characters of another alphabet or script) · lv transliterēt (to represent letters or words in the characters of another alphabet or script) · hu transzliterál (to represent letters or words in the characters of another alphabet or script) · es transliterar (to represent letters or words in the characters of another alphabet or script) · ja 字訳する (to represent letters or words in the characters of another alphabet or script) · de transliterieren (to represent letters or words in the characters of another alphabet or script) · fr translittérer (to represent letters or words in the characters of another alphabet or script) · th ถอดอักษร (to represent letters or words in the characters of another alphabet or script) · be транслітары́раваць (to represent letters or words in the characters of another alphabet or script) · pl transliterować (to represent letters or words in the characters of another alphabet or script) · az transliterasiya eləmək (to represent letters or words in the characters of another alphabet or script) · ca transliterar (to represent letters or words in the characters of another alphabet or script) · fa نویسهگردانی کردن (to represent letters or words in the characters of another alphabet or script) · sh транслитери́рати (to represent letters or words in the characters of another alphabet or script) · ja 書き写す (to represent letters or words in the characters of another alphabet or script) · ta ஒலிபெயர்ப்பு செய் (to represent letters or words in the characters of another alphabet or script) · pt transliterar (to represent letters or words in the characters of another alphabet or script) · et translitereerima (to represent letters or words in the characters of another alphabet or script) · de umschreiben (to represent letters or words in the characters of another alphabet or script) · ko 자역하다 (to represent letters or words in the characters of another alphabet or script) · sl transliterirati (to represent letters or words in the characters of another alphabet or script) · mk транслитери́ра (to represent letters or words in the characters of another alphabet or script) · ta ஒலிபெயர் (to represent letters or words in the characters of another alphabet or script) · nl omschrijven (to represent letters or words in the characters of another alphabet or script) · nl translitereren (to represent letters or words in the characters of another alphabet or script) · vi chuyển tự (to represent letters or words in the characters of another alphabet or script) · sk transliterovať (to represent letters or words in the characters of another alphabet or script) · be транслітарава́ць (to represent letters or words in the characters of another alphabet or script) · ga traslitrigh (to represent letters or words in the characters of another alphabet or script) · bo ཡིག་གཟུགས་ཕབ་སྒྱུར་བྱས (to represent letters or words in the characters of another alphabet or script) · ru транслитери́ровать (to represent letters or words in the characters of another alphabet or script) · uk транслітерува́ти (to represent letters or words in the characters of another alphabet or script) · fa حرفنویسی کردن (to represent letters or words in the characters of another alphabet or script) · cmn （進行）轉寫 /（进行）转写 (to represent letters or words in the characters of another alphabet or script) · th ทับศัพท์ (to represent letters or words in the characters of another alphabet or script) · sv translitterera (to represent letters or words in the characters of another alphabet or script) · hy գրադարձել (to represent letters or words in the characters of another alphabet or script) · gl transliterar (to represent letters or words in the characters of another alphabet or script) · ko 음역하다 (to represent letters or words in the characters of another alphabet or script) · sv transkribera (to represent letters or words in the characters of another alphabet or script) · it traslitterare (to represent letters or words in the characters of another alphabet or script)