Transliterate

Definition: Transliterate

Transliterate

Verb

1. Rewrite in a different script;"The Sanskrit text had to be transliterated".

Etymology: Transliterate \Trans*lit"er*ate\, transitive verb. [Prefix trans- Latin litera, littera letter.]. (Websters 1913)

Synonym: Transliterate

Synonym: transcribe (v). (additional references)

Expression using "transliterate": to transliterate. Additional references.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Language		Translations for "transliterate"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		transliteroj. (various references)

Arabic		‏نسخ لغة بحروف لغة أخرى. (various references)

Bulgarian		транслитерирам. (various references)

Chinese		意译 (transliteration). (various references)

Czech		přepsat (overwrite, rewrite, transcribe). (various references)

Danish		at translitterere (to transliterate). (various references)

Dutch		transliteratie (transliteration). (various references)

Farsi		نویسه گردانی کردن , حرفبحرف نقل کردن . (various references)

Finnish		translitteroida (to transliterate). (various references)

French		translitérer. (various references)

German		umschreiben (adapt, alter, change, circumscribe, describe, outline, paraphrase, reshape, retype, rewrite, rewritten, skate around, to circumscribe, to paraphrase, to retype, transcribe, transfer). (various references)

Greek		μεταγράφω (transcribe, transfer), μεταγλωτίζω. (various references)

Hungarian		transzliterál, átír (overwrite, rewrite, to transcribe, transcribe). (various references)

Italian		traslitterare (to transliterate). (various references)

Japanese Kanji		読み下す (to transliterate classical Chinese into Japanese). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		よみく� す (to transliterate classical Chinese into Japanese). (various references)

Pig Latin		ansliteratetray

Portuguese		transliterar (to transliterate). (various references)

Russian		транслитерировать. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		transkribovati, prepisivati drugom azbukom. (various references)

Spanish		transliterar, transcribir (transcribe, write out). (various references)

Swedish		translitterera (to transliterate). (various references)

Turkish		başka dilde yazmak, başka alfabe ile yazmak. (various references)

Ukrainian		транслітерувати. (various references)

Welsh		trawslythrennu. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Derivations
	Words beginning with "transliterate": transliterated, transliterates. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Transliterate" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: translinear. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Words rhyming with "transliterate" (pronounced 'Trans*lit"er*ate'): Abacinate, Abalienate, Aberrate, Aberuncate, Abirritate, Abjudicate, Abjugate, Ablactate, Ablaqueate, Abligate, Abnegate, Abnodate, Abominate, Abranchiate, Absinthate, Absinthiate, Absquatulate, Acaudate, Accelerate, Accentuate, Acclimate, Accorporate, Accriminate, Accurate, Acerbate, Acetate, Achlamydate, Acidulate, Activate, Aculeate, Aculeolate, Acutifoliate, Acutilobate, Adipocerate, Adjugate, Admarginate, Administrate, Adnate, Adrogate, Adulate, Adumbrate, Aerate, AEstivate, Affatuate, Affectionate, Affricate, Aggerate, Aggrate, Aggravate, Agitate. (additional references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-a-e-e-i-l-n-r-r-s-t-t-t"
	-2 letters: retranslate, retreatants.
	-3 letters: aliterates, alternates, interstate, intrastate, retaliates, retreatant, tantalites.
	-4 letters: alienates, aliterate, alterants, alternate, anteaters, antistate, arrestant, arterials, attainers, elaterins, entailers, intestate, laterites, literates, litterers, nearliest, nettliest, ratteners, reattains, reinstate, restraint, retailers, retainers, retaliate, retirants, statelier, sterilant, tantalise, tantalite, tarletans, tartrates, tearstain, ternaries, titanates, titterers, translate, treenails.
	-5 letters: alertest, alienate, alieners, alterant, alterers.
	Words containing the letters "a-a-e-e-i-l-n-r-r-s-t-t-t"
	+1 letter: transliterated, transliterates.
	+4 letters: intertranslatable.
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