'Transliteration' definitions:
Definition of 'transliteration'
(from WordNet)
noun
A transcription from one alphabet to another
Definition of 'Transliteration'
From: GCIDE
- Transliteration \Trans*lit`er*a"tion\, n. The act or product of transliterating, or of expressing words of a language by means of the characters of another alphabet. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'transliteration'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- amplification,
- bilingual text,
- clavis,
- crib,
- decipherment,
- decoding,
- epigraph,
- faithful translation,
- free translation,
- gloss,
- glossary,
- initialing,
- inscription,
- interlinear,
- interlinear translation,
- key,
- lettering,
- loose translation,
- metaphrase,
- paraphrase,
- pony,
- restatement,
- rewording,
- transcription,
- translation,
- trot