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Transliterate

//tɹænzˈlɪtəɹeɪt// verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To represent letters or words in the characters of another writing system. transitive

    "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."

  2. 2
    rewrite in a different script wordnet

Etymology

From Latin transliterātum, past participle of transliterō, from trans (“across”) + literō , from littera (“letter”).

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