Meanings
nountransliteration (countable and uncountable, plural transliterations)
plural transliterations
- countableuncountablehuman sciencesThe act or product of transliterating, of representing letters or words in the characters of another alphabet or script.
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.
2018, James Lambert, “Anglo-Indian slang in dictionaries on historical principles”, in World Englishes, volume 37, page 251 - countableuncountablesign languageThe act or product of rendering speech in sign language, or vice versa.
Synonyms & antonyms
Also see
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*terh₂-
- Proto-Indo-European*térh₂t
- Proto-Indo-European*tr̥h₂ónts
- Proto-Indo-European*tr̥h₂n̥ts
- Proto-Italic*trāns
- Proto-Italic*trāns-
- Latintrans-
- Englishtrans-
- Englishliteration
- Englishtransliteration
From trans- + literation.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans transliterasie
- transliterasieproduct of transliterating
Arabic نَقْحَرَة, كَرْشَنَة
- نَقْحَرَة (naqḥara)product of transliterating
- كَرْشَنَة (karšana)product of transliterating
- رَوْمَنَة (rawmana)product of transliterating
Bengali প্রতিবর্ণীকরণ
- প্রতিবর্ণীকরণ (protibornikron)product of transliterating
Bulgarian транслитера́ция
- транслитера́ция (transliterácija)product of transliterating
Catalan transliteració
- transliteracióproduct of transliterating
Chinese Cantonese 譯音 /译音, 譯名 /译名
- 譯音 /译音 (jik⁶ jam¹)product of transliterating
- 譯名 /译名 (jik⁶ ming⁴)product of transliterating
Chinese Mandarin 轉寫 /转写, 音譯 /音译
- 轉寫 /转写 (zhuǎnxiě)product of transliterating
- 音譯 /音译 (yīnyì)product of transliterating
- 譯名 /译名 (yìmíng)product of transliterating
Czech transliterace
- transliteraceproduct of transliterating
Danish translitteration
- translitterationproduct of transliterating
Dutch transliteratie
- transliteratieproduct of transliterating
Esperanto transliterigo
- transliterigoproduct of transliterating
Estonian transliteratsioon
- transliteratsioonproduct of transliterating
Finnish translitterointi, siirtokirjoitus
- translitterointiproduct of transliterating
- siirtokirjoitusproduct of transliterating
French transcription, translittération
- transcriptionproduct of transliterating
- translittérationproduct of transliterating
German Transkription, Transliteration
- Transkriptionproduct of transliterating
- Transliterationproduct of transliterating
- Umschriftproduct of transliterating
- Umschreibungproduct of transliterating
Greek μεταγραμματισμός
- μεταγραμματισμός (metagrammatismós)product of transliterating
Hebrew תַּעְתִּיק
- תַּעְתִּיק (ta'tík)product of transliterating
Hindi लिप्यन्तरण
- लिप्यन्तरण (lipyantaraṇ)product of transliterating
Hungarian átbetűzés, transzliteráció
- átbetűzésproduct of transliterating
- transzliterációproduct of transliterating
- betű szerinti / betűnkénti átírásproduct of transliterating
Icelandic umritun
- umritunproduct of transliterating
Indonesian alih aksara, transliterasi
- alih aksaraproduct of transliterating
- transliterasiproduct of transliterating
Irish traslitriú
- traslitriúproduct of transliterating
Italian traslitterazione
- traslitterazioneproduct of transliterating
Japanese 翻字
- 翻字 (honji)product of transliterating
Korean 전자, 음역
- 전자 (jeonja)product of transliterating
- 음역 (eumyeok)product of transliterating
Latin transcriptio, translitteratio
- transcriptioproduct of transliterating
- translitteratioproduct of transliterating
Latvian transliterācija
- transliterācijaproduct of transliterating
Lithuanian transliteracija
- transliteracijaproduct of transliterating
Malay transliterasi, penyalinan huruf
- transliterasiproduct of transliterating
- penyalinan hurufproduct of transliterating
Māori kupu whakawhiti
- kupu whakawhitiproduct of transliterating
Norwegian Bokmål translitterasjon
- translitterasjonproduct of transliterating
Polish transliteracja
- transliteracjaproduct of transliterating
Portuguese transcrição, transliteração
- transcriçãoproduct of transliterating
- transliteraçãoproduct of transliterating
Romanian transcripție, transliterație
- transcripțieproduct of transliterating
- transliterațieproduct of transliterating
Russian транслитера́ция, транслитери́рование
- транслитера́ция (transliterácija)product of transliterating
- транслитери́рование (transliterírovanije)product of transliterating
- трансли́т (translít)product of transliterating
Slovak transliterácia
- transliteráciaproduct of transliterating
Spanish transcripción, transliteración
- transcripciónproduct of transliterating
- transliteraciónproduct of transliterating
Swedish translitteration, translitterering
- translitterationproduct of transliterating
- translittereringproduct of transliterating
- transkriberingproduct of transliterating
Tagalog transliterasyon
- transliterasyonproduct of transliterating
Tamil ஒலிபெயர்ப்பு
- ஒலிபெயர்ப்பு (olipeyarppu)product of transliterating
Thai คำทับศัพท์, การถอดอักษร
- คำทับศัพท์ (kam-táp-sàp)product of transliterating
- การถอดอักษร (gaan-tɔ̀ɔt-àk-sɔ̌ɔn)product of transliterating
Turkish transliterasyon
- transliterasyonproduct of transliterating
Ukrainian транслітера́ція
- транслітера́ція (transliterácija)product of transliterating
Urdu نَقَل حَرْفی, نَقْلِ حَرْفی
- نَقَل حَرْفی (naqal harfī)product of transliterating
- نَقْلِ حَرْفی (naql-i harfī)product of transliterating
Vietnamese sự chuyển chữ, sự chuyển tự
- sự chuyển chữproduct of transliterating
- sự chuyển tựproduct of transliterating
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with transliteration
informationeducationlocationapplicationassociationadministrationorganizationcorporationregistrationAsianfoundationcommunicationpopulationnavigationstationaccommodationoperationpublicationvacationtransportationevaluationimplementationinstallationnation
All rhymes →Cite this entry
APA
transliteration. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/transliteration
MLA
“transliteration.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/transliteration. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “transliteration,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/transliteration.
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