transliterate

English

Etymology

From Latin transliteratum, past participle of translitero, from trans- (“across”) + literō , from littera (“letter”).

Verb

transliterate (third-person singular simple present transliterates, present participle transliterating, simple past and past participle transliterated)

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

Related terms

• transliteration
• transliterator

Translations

to represent letters or words in the characters of another alphabet or script

• Armenian: գրադարձել (hy) (gradarjel)
• Catalan: transliterar (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: （進行）轉寫 (cmn), （进行）转写 (cmn) ([jìnxíng] zhuǎnxiě), （進行）音譯 (cmn), （进行）音译 (cmn) ([jìnxíng] yīnyì)

• Czech: transliterovat (cs)
• Dutch: omschrijven (nl), translitereren (nl)
• Finnish: translitteroida (fi)
• French: translittérer (fr)

• German: transliterieren (de), umschreiben (de)
• Italian: traslitterare (it)
• Japanese: 字訳する (ja) (じやくする, jiyaku suru), 書き写す (ja) (かきうつす, kakiutsusu)
• Lithuanian: transliteruoti (lt)
• Persian: نویسه‌گردانی (fa) (nevise-gardâni)
• Portuguese: transliterar (pt)
• Russian: транслитерировать (ru) (transliterírovatʹ)
• Spanish: transliterar (es)

See also

• transcribe

External links

• transliterate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• transliterate in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911