transliterate
verb/tɹænzˈlɪtəɹeɪt/
Etymology
From Latin transliterātum, past participle of transliterō, from trans (“across”) + literō , from littera (“letter”).
- derived from transliterātum
Definitions
To represent letters or words in the characters of another writing system.
- In German, the ß character is called eszett. It’s used in “Straße,” the word for street, and in the expletive “Scheiße.” It’s often transliterated as “ss,” and strangely enough, it’s never had an official uppercase counterpart.
The neighborhood
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for transliterate. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA