transliteration
English
editEtymology
editFrom trans- literation.
Pronunciation
edit- IPA(key): /ˌtɹænzlɪtəˈɹeɪʃən/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Rhymes: -eɪʃən
Noun
edittransliteration (countable and uncountable, plural transliterations)
- (linguistics, translation studies) The act or product of transliterating, of representing letters or words in the characters of another alphabet or script.
- 2018, James Lambert, “Anglo-Indian slang in dictionaries on historical principles”, in World Englishes, volume 37, page 251:
- 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.
- (sign language) The act or product of rendering speech in sign language, or vice versa.
Derived terms
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editproduct of transliterating
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