Transliterate Definition

trăns-lĭtə-rāt, trănz-
transliterated, transliterates, transliterating
verb
transliterated, transliterates, transliterating
To write or spell (words, letters, etc.) in corresponding characters of another alphabet.
Webster's New World
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Origin of Transliterate

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

    From Wiktionary

  • trans– Latin littera, lītera letter –ate

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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