transliterate
verb (used with object)
to change (letters, words, etc.) into corresponding characters of another alphabet or language.
transliterated
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past participleof transliterate.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof transliterate.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
transliterateverb (used with object)to change (letters, words, etc.) into corresponding characters of another alphabet or language.
Example Sentences
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Associated Press journalists saw some walls cracked or partially collapsed in the empty Aksu country village of Youkakeyamansu, a name transliterated in Mandarin from Uyghur.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 23, 2024
In it, a verse by Grade in transliterated Yiddish alludes to both his affection and ambivalence.
From New York Times ● Mar. 6, 2023
Then again, that style was forged in private with no sense of an audience, as she transliterated, for example, R.E.M.’s cryptic mumbles into her own gender-flipped riddles.
From Slate ● Jun. 5, 2021
But this wasn’t just hip-hop; the RZA transliterated a supernatural creole of comic books and 5 Percent Islam, criminology rap and creaky Memphis soul samples, kung fu flicks and street hustler slang.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 16, 2020
Mohan opens his book and starts reciting the transliterated words.
From "You Bring the Distant Near" by Mitali Perkins
