transcode

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verb

To convert from one encoding to another.

OriginEnglish code ← Middle English code ← Old French code →
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Meanings

verbtranscode (third-person singular simple present transcodes, present participle transcoding, simple past and past participle transcoded)

present singular third person transcodes · participle present transcoding · participle past transcoded · past transcoded

  1. To convert from one encoding to another.
nountranscode (plural transcodes)

plural transcodes

  1. A conversion between encodings.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*terh₂-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*térh₂t
  3. Proto-Indo-European*tr̥h₂ónts
  4. Proto-Indo-European*tr̥h₂n̥ts
  5. Proto-Italic*trāns
  6. Proto-Italic*trāns-
  7. Latintrans-
  8. Englishtrans-
  9. Latincaudex
  10. Latincōdex
  11. Old Frenchcode
  12. Middle Englishcode
  13. Englishcode
  14. Englishtranscode

From trans- + code.

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Cite this entry
APA

transcode. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/transcode

MLA

“transcode.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/transcode. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “transcode,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/transcode.

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