transliteration

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transliteration

  • /ˌtɹænzlɪtəˈɹeɪʃən/

Rhymes with -eɪʃən

noun transliterations

  1. countable, uncountable The act or product of transliterating, of representing letters or words in the characters of another alphabet or script. This searching was facilitated by the author's knowledge of the vagaries of Anglo-Indian spelling and the numerous colonial-era transliteration systems used for loanwords from Indian languages.
  2. countable, uncountable The act or product of rendering speech in sign language, or vice versa.

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noun product of transliterating

Españoltranscripción, transliteración
한국어전자 jeonja, 음역 eumyeok
日本語翻字 honji
中文轉寫 /转写 zhuǎnxiě, 音譯 /音译 yīnyì, 譯名 /译名 yìmíng
हिन्दीलिप्यन्तरण lipyantaraṇ
Portuguêstranscrição, transliteração
Françaistranscription, translittération
DeutschTranskription, Transliteration, Umschrift, Umschreibung
Italianotraslitterazione
Ελληνικάμεταγραμματισμός metagrammatismós
Românătranscripție, transliterație
Русскийтранслитера́ция transliterácija, транслитери́рование transliterírovanije, трансли́т translít
Tiếng Việtsự chuyển chữ, sự chuyển tự
العربيةنَقْحَرَة naqḥara, كَرْشَنَة karšana, رَوْمَنَة rawmana
עבריתתַּעְתִּיק ta'tík

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@misc{transliteration_2026,
  title = {transliteration},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/transliteration},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}