The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
transliterate — (v.) to write a word in the characters of another alphabet, 1861, apparently coined by German philologist Max Müller (1823 1900), from trans across (see TRANS (Cf. trans )) + L. littera (also litera) letter, character (see LETTER (Cf. letter)) … Etymology dictionary
transliterate — means ‘to replace the letters or characters of a word with the corresponding letters in another alphabet’. Words may be transliterated into the Roman alphabet from their originals in Greek, Chinese, Japanese, and so on. The result is a… … Modern English usage
transliterate — ► VERB ▪ write or print (a letter or word) using the closest corresponding letters of a different alphabet or language. DERIVATIVES transliteration noun. ORIGIN from TRANS (Cf. ↑trans ) + Latin littera letter … English terms dictionary
transliterate — [trans lit′ər āt΄, tranzlit′ər āt΄] vt. transliterated, transliterating [< TRANS + L litera, littera, LETTER1 + ATE1] to write or spell (words, letters, etc.) in corresponding characters of another alphabet … English World dictionary
transliterate — v. 1) (D; tr.) to transliterate as (to transliterate a Russian letter as ch) 2) (D; tr.) to transliterate from; into (to transliterate a text from Cyrillic into Roman letters) * * * [trænz lɪtəreɪt] into (to transliterate a text from Cyrillic… … Combinatory dictionary
transliterate — I UK [trænzˈlɪt(ə)rət] / US adjective able to read, write and communicate in a variety of ways, using printed material, electronic documents, the Internet, mobile phone texting, etc. II UK [trænsˈlɪtəreɪt] / US [trænsˈlɪtəˌreɪt] verb [transitive] … English dictionary
transliterate — transliteration, n. transliterator, n. /trans lit euh rayt , tranz /, v.t., transliterated, transliterating. to change (letters, words, etc.) into corresponding characters of another alphabet or language: to transliterate the Greek X as ch. [1860 … Universalium
transliterate — /trænzˈlɪtəreɪt / (say tranz lituhrayt) verb (t) (transliterated, transliterating) to change (letters, words, etc.) into corresponding characters of another alphabet or language: to transliterate the Greek Χ as ch. {trans + Latin līterātus… …
transliterate — transitive verb ( ated; ating) Etymology: trans + Latin littera letter Date: 1861 to represent or spell in the characters of another alphabet • transliteration noun … New Collegiate Dictionary
transliterate — to change the letters of one alphabet to the letters of another (still requires translation between languages). Applies where scientific names are formed from words not in Latin and have to be transliterated as all scientific names must be in… … Dictionary of ichthyology
