transliterate
/tɹænzˈlɪtəɹeɪt/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.54 in modern English
13
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "Everyone in Moscow uses the English term “face control,” though the phrase is often transliterated in print as “feis kontrol.”"
- "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."
Etymology
From Latin transliterātum, past participle of transliterō, from trans (“across”) + literō , from littera (“letter”).
Origin
- Source language: Latin
Word Breakdown
- Root: transliterātum