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# transliterate

verb (transliterates, transliterated, transliterating)

«transliterate» in the English dictionary: in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## In Jewish tradition

Interpretation: Used for writing Hebrew words, like Torah, in English letters. In the primary lessons: in a book of old tales the translator transliterates names from another language so English readers can say them.

### Meaning

To write the letters of a word in another alphabet, so that its sounds can be shown in our letters. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/transliterate/#m1)

### Examples

- The teacher transliterated the Greek name into English letters. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/transliterate/#x1)
- Words written in Russian can be transliterated into our alphabet. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/transliterate/#x2)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «transliterate» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/transliterate/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«transliterate» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/transliterate.html) on Mova free.