[trans-lit-uh-reyt, tranz-] 
| to change (letters, words, etc.) into corresponding characters of another alphabet or language: to transliterate the Greek Χ as ch. |
| trans·lit·er·ate (trāns-lĭt'ə-rāt', trānz-) tr.v. trans·lit·er·at·ed, trans·lit·er·at·ing, trans·lit·er·ates To represent (letters or words) in the corresponding characters of another alphabet. [trans- + Latin littera, lītera, letter + -ate1.] trans·lit'er·a'tion (-ə-rā'shən) n. |
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