English Explanatory Dictionary

retransliterate

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To transliterate again.
  2. To take a word, name, spelling, etc., which has been transliterated from one language to another, and transliterate it back to the first language, using standard transliteration rules instead of merely returning it to its original form.

Word forms

retransliterate retransliterates retransliterating retransliterated

Etymology

From re- + transliterate.

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