romanisation

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Alternative spellings 1.4 Noun 1.4.1 Usage notes 1.4.2 Translations 1.4.3 See also 1.4.4 References

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[edit] Etymology

From the verb romanise.

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[edit] Alternative spellings

• romanization

[edit] Noun

romanisation (plural romanisations)

1. Putting text into the Latin (Roman) alphabet.

[edit] Usage notes

• Latin transliteration refers to the romanisation of text in an alphabetic script, but not for the romanisation of text in a logographic script, especially as for many Asian languages.

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• transliteration
• transcription

[edit] References

• NOAD
• “romanize” in the Canadian Oxford Dictionary, Second Edition, Oxford University Press, 2004