Transliteration Definition

translitərāzhən
transliterations
noun
The act or process of transliterating.
Webster's New World
A text that is the product of transliterating.
Webster's New World

(linguistics, translation studies) The act or product of transliterating, or of representing letters or words in the characters of another alphabet or script.

Wiktionary

(sign language) The act or product of rendering speech in sign language, or vice versa.

Wiktionary

Other Word Forms of Transliteration

Noun

Singular:
transliteration
Plural:
transliterations

Origin of Transliteration

  • From Latin transliteratus past participle of transliterare (“to transliterate"), from trans- (“across") + littera (“letter").

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