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transliteration en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˌtɹænzlɪtəˈɹeɪʃən/

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *terh₂-der. Proto-Indo-European *térh₂t Proto-Indo-European *-ónts Proto-Indo-European *tr̥h₂ónts Proto-Indo-European *tr̥h₂n̥ts Proto-Italic *trāns Proto-Italic *trāns- Latin trans-bor. English trans- English literation English transliteration From trans- + literation.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) The act or product of transliterating, of representing letters or words in the characters of another alphabet or script.
   • This searching was facilitated by the author's knowledge of the vagaries of Anglo-Indian spelling and the numerous colonial-era transliteration systems used for loanwords from Indian languages. 2018, James Lambert, “Anglo-Indian slang in dictionaries on historical principles”, in World Englishes, volume 37, page 251:
2. (countable, qualifier:sign language, uncountable) The act or product of rendering speech in sign language, or vice versa.

Forms

Deriveds

retransliteration · back-transliteration · mistransliteration

Relateds

Romanization · transletteration · transliterator · pronunciation spelling · transliterate · pronunciation respelling · Wiktionary:Transliteration and romanization · transcription

Translations (103)

fi translitterointi (product of transliterating) · sq transliterim (product of transliterating) · ru транслитери́рование (product of transliterating) · th การถอดอักษร (product of transliterating) · de Umschreibung (product of transliterating) · ky транслитерация (product of transliterating) · ar نَقْحَرَة (product of transliterating) · cmn 轉寫 /转写 (product of transliterating) · ro transcripție (product of transliterating) · de Umschrift (product of transliterating) · el μεταγραμματισμός (product of transliterating) · uz transliteratsiya (product of transliterating) · lt transliteracija (product of transliterating) · mi kupu whakawhiti (product of transliterating) · sh prijeslov (product of transliterating) · gl transliteración (product of transliterating) · nl transliteratie (product of transliterating) · tr transliterasyon (product of transliterating) · da translitteration (product of transliterating) · ms penyalinan huruf (product of transliterating) · de Transkription (product of transliterating) · yue 譯名 /译名 (product of transliterating) · be трансьлітара́цыя (product of transliterating) · tl transliterasyon (product of transliterating) · pt transcrição (product of transliterating) · fur trasliterazion (product of transliterating) · vi sự chuyển chữ (product of transliterating) · ta ஒலிபெயர்ப்பு (product of transliterating) · fr transcription (product of transliterating) · kk транслитерация (product of transliterating) · es transliteración (product of transliterating) · ml ലിപിമാറ്റം (product of transliterating) · hy գրադարձություն (product of transliterating) · id transliterasi (product of transliterating) · sv translitteration (product of transliterating) · cmn 譯名 /译名 (product of transliterating) · tg транслитератсия (product of transliterating) · bn প্রতিবর্ণীকরণ (product of transliterating) · hi लिप्यन्तरण (product of transliterating) · my ထိုက်စာလုံး (product of transliterating) · it traslitterazione (product of transliterating) · be транслітара́цыя (product of transliterating) · fa-ira حَرْفنِویسی (product of transliterating) · ml ലിപ്യന്തരണം (product of transliterating) · ru транслитера́ция (product of transliterating) · he תַּעְתִּיק (product of transliterating) · hy տառադարձություն (product of transliterating) · is umritun (product of transliterating) · ar كَرْشَنَة (product of transliterating) · te ప్రతిలేఖనం (product of transliterating) · lv transliterācija (product of transliterating) · sl prečrkovanje (product of transliterating) · fr translittération (product of transliterating) · sk transliterácia (product of transliterating) · mk транслитерација (product of transliterating) · tg нависагардонӣ (product of transliterating) · th คำทับศัพท์ (product of transliterating) · uk транслітера́ція (product of transliterating) · cmn 音譯 /音译 (product of transliterating) · km អក្សរសព្ទ (product of transliterating) · sl transliteracija (product of transliterating) · sv transkribering (product of transliterating) · sh пријеслов (product of transliterating) · lo ການຖອດອັກສອນ (product of transliterating) · sh транслитера́ција (product of transliterating) · ko 전자 (product of transliterating) · la translitteratio (product of transliterating) · sv translitterering (product of transliterating) · fi siirtokirjoitus (product of transliterating) · tk transliterasiýa (product of transliterating) · hu betű szerinti / betűnkénti átírás (product of transliterating) · ms transliterasi (product of transliterating) · ko 음역 (product of transliterating) · ja 翻字 (product of transliterating) · es transcripción (product of transliterating) · la transcriptio (product of transliterating) · id alih aksara (product of transliterating) · yue 譯音 /译音 (product of transliterating) · ru трансли́т (product of transliterating) · ur نَقَل حَرْفی (product of transliterating) · af transliterasie (product of transliterating) · et transliteratsioon (product of transliterating) · pl transliteracja (product of transliterating) · ro transliterație (product of transliterating) · fa-ira نِویسِهگَرْدانی (product of transliterating) · vi sự chuyển tự (product of transliterating) · ca transliteració (product of transliterating) · fa-ira تِرانْسْلیتِراسْیون (product of transliterating) · ka ტრანსლიტერაცია (product of transliterating) · eo transliterigo (product of transliterating) · ar رَوْمَنَة (product of transliterating) · de Transliteration (product of transliterating) · cs transliterace (product of transliterating) · ga traslitriú (product of transliterating) · bg транслитера́ция (product of transliterating) · hu transzliteráció (product of transliterating) · sh transliterácija (product of transliterating) · my စာလုံးပြောင်း (product of transliterating) · pt transliteração (product of transliterating) · hu átbetűzés (product of transliterating) · az transliterasiya (product of transliterating) · ur نَقْلِ حَرْفی (product of transliterating) · nb translitterasjon (product of transliterating)