Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

transcode

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.64 in modern English

Syllables: transcode
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

1

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To convert from one encoding to another.

noun

A conversion between encodings.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *terh₂-der. Proto-Indo-European *térh₂t Proto-Indo-European *-ónts Proto-Indo-European *tr̥h₂ónts Proto-Indo-European *tr̥h₂n̥ts Proto-Italic *trāns Proto-Italic *trāns- Latin trans-bor. English trans- Latin caudex Latin cōdex Old French codebor. Middle English code English code English transcode From trans- + code.

Inflected Forms

transcodes (present, singular) transcoding (participle, present) transcoded (participle, past) transcoded (past) transcodes (plural)

Derived Forms

transcodable

Questions

What does transcode mean?: To convert from one encoding to another.
Where does transcode come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *terh₂-der. Proto-Indo-European *térh₂t Proto-Indo-European *-ónts Proto-Indo-European *tr̥h₂ónts Proto-Indo-European *tr̥h₂n̥ts Proto-Italic *trāns Proto-Italic *trāns- Latin trans-bor. English trans- Latin caudex Latin cōdex Old French codebor. Middle English code English code English transcode From trans- + code.

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