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