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retransliterate

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
re-translit-er-ate
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To transliterate again.

verb

To take a word, name, spelling, etc., which has been transliterated from one language to another, and transliterate it back to the first language, using standard transliteration rules instead of merely returning it to its original form.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- English transliterate English retransliterate From re- + transliterate.

Inflected Forms

retransliterates (present, singular) retransliterating (participle, present) retransliterated (participle, past) retransliterated (past)

Questions

What does retransliterate mean?
To transliterate again.
Where does retransliterate come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- English transliterate English retransliterate From re- + transliterate.

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