transliterate

trans·lit·er·ate

T0320400 (trăns-lĭt′ə-rāt′, trănz-)tr.v. trans·lit·er·at·ed, trans·lit·er·at·ing, trans·lit·er·ates To represent (letters or words) in the corresponding characters of another alphabet.

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[trans- + Latin littera, lītera, letter + -ate.]

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trans·lit′er·a′tion (-ə-rā′shən) n.

transliterate

(trænzˈlɪtəˌreɪt) vb (Linguistics) (tr) to transcribe (a word, etc, in one alphabet) into corresponding letters of another alphabet: the Greek word λóγος can be transliterated as 'logos'. [C19: trans- + -literate, from Latin līttera letter] ˌtransliterˈation n transˈliterˌator n

trans•lit•er•ate

(trænsˈlɪt əˌreɪt, trænz-)

v.t. -at•ed, -at•ing. to change (letters, words, etc.) into corresponding characters of another alphabet or language. [1860–65; trans- + Latin līter(a) letter + -ate¹] trans•lit`er•a′tion, n. trans•lit′er•a`tor, n.

transliterate

Past participle: transliterated
Gerund: transliterating

Imperative
transliterate
transliterate

Present
I transliterate
you transliterate
he/she/it transliterates
we transliterate
you transliterate
they transliterate

Preterite
I transliterated
you transliterated
he/she/it transliterated
we transliterated
you transliterated
they transliterated

Present Continuous
I am transliterating
you are transliterating
he/she/it is transliterating
we are transliterating
you are transliterating
they are transliterating

Present Perfect
I have transliterated
you have transliterated
he/she/it has transliterated
we have transliterated
you have transliterated
they have transliterated

Past Continuous
I was transliterating
you were transliterating
he/she/it was transliterating
we were transliterating
you were transliterating
they were transliterating

Past Perfect
I had transliterated
you had transliterated
he/she/it had transliterated
we had transliterated
you had transliterated
they had transliterated

Future
I will transliterate
you will transliterate
he/she/it will transliterate
we will transliterate
you will transliterate
they will transliterate

Future Perfect
I will have transliterated
you will have transliterated
he/she/it will have transliterated
we will have transliterated
you will have transliterated
they will have transliterated

Future Continuous
I will be transliterating
you will be transliterating
he/she/it will be transliterating
we will be transliterating
you will be transliterating
they will be transliterating

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been transliterating
you have been transliterating
he/she/it has been transliterating
we have been transliterating
you have been transliterating
they have been transliterating

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been transliterating
you will have been transliterating
he/she/it will have been transliterating
we will have been transliterating
you will have been transliterating
they will have been transliterating

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been transliterating
you had been transliterating
he/she/it had been transliterating
we had been transliterating
you had been transliterating
they had been transliterating

Conditional
I would transliterate
you would transliterate
he/she/it would transliterate
we would transliterate
you would transliterate
they would transliterate

Past Conditional
I would have transliterated
you would have transliterated
he/she/it would have transliterated
we would have transliterated
you would have transliterated
they would have transliterated

Thesaurus

Verb

1.

transliterate - rewrite in a different script; "The Sanskrit text had to be transliterated"transcribeLatinise, Latinize, Romanise, Romanize - write in the Latin alphabet; "many shops in Japan now carry neon signs with Romanized names"braille - transcribe in braillerewrite - write differently; alter the writing of; "The student rewrote his thesis"

Translations

transliterarтранслитерация