romanization
/ˌɹəʊmənaɪˈzeɪʃən/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.13 in modern English
23
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
5
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
The act or process of putting text into the Latin (Roman) alphabet, by means such as transliteration and transcription.
Uncountable
noun
An instance (a string) of text transliterated or transcribed from another alphabet into the Latin alphabet.
Countable
Example Sentences
- "As an alternate name for Sakyamuni, Kircher gave "Omyto", which is a romanization of A-mi-to-fu, whom Kircher stated was commonly called "Amida", i.e., the Japanese pronunciation."
- "Furthermore, certain places and people are already internationally well known by particular romanizations of their names, and these romanizations may not conform to any of the official systems detailed above."
Etymology
From romanize + -ation.