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Topic: LANGUAGES

Date: 1800-1900
Origin: trans- + Latin littera 'letter'

transliterate

 verb
     
trans‧lit‧e‧rate [transitive]
SLL to write a word, sentence etc in the alphabet of a different language or writing system
—transliteration noun [uncountable and countable]
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