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transliterate(dictionary)

transliterate (iou)



transliterate verb trans. M19.
[from TRANS- + Latin litera letter + -ATE3.]
Replace (letters or characters of one language) by those of another used to represent the same sounds; write (a word etc.) in the closest corresponding characters of another alphabet or language.
translite'ration noun the action or process of transliterating; the rendering of the letters or characters of one alphabet in those of another; the result of this: M19.
transliterator noun a person who transliterates something M19.