Topic: LINGUISTICS
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| Date: | 1500-1600 |
| Language: | Latin |
| Origin: | transcribere, from scribere 'to write' |
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tran‧scribe
[transitive]
[transitive]1 to write down something exactly as it was said : A secretary transcribed the witnesses' statements.
A secretary transcribed the witnesses' statements.2 to write an exact copy of something : He had been asked to transcribe an ancient manuscript.
He had been asked to transcribe an ancient manuscript.3 technicalSL to represent speech sounds with phonetic symbols
4 formalSL to change a piece of writing into the alphabet of another language
5APM to arrange a piece of music for a different instrument or voice
6TCR technical to copy recorded music, speech etc from one system to another, for example from tape to CD
