Usually means: Convert text from one script.
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We found 25 dictionaries that define the word transliterate:

General (23 matching dictionaries)
  1. transliterate: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. transliterate: Merriam-Webster
  3. transliterate: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. transliterate: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. transliterate: Collins English Dictionary
  6. transliterate: Vocabulary.com
  7. transliterate: Wordnik
  8. transliterate: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. transliterate: Wiktionary
  10. transliterate: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. transliterate: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. transliterate: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. transliterate: Dictionary.com
  14. transliterate: Online Etymology Dictionary
  15. Transliterate: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  16. transliterate: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  17. transliterate: Rhymezone
  18. Transliterate: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  19. transliterate: FreeDictionary.org
  20. transliterate: Mnemonic Dictionary
  21. transliterate: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. transliterate: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. transliterate: Idioms

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American English Definition British English Definition
▸ verb:  (transitive) To represent letters or words in the characters of another writing system.

Similar:
transcribe, romanize, Latinize, translate, convert, Romanise, traduce, render, Cyrillize, Cyrillicize, more...

Opposite:
translate, interpret, paraphrase
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Similar:
transcribe, romanize, Latinize, translate, convert, Romanise, traduce, render, Cyrillize, Cyrillicize, more...

Opposite:
translate, interpret, paraphrase



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