Definition of "transliterates" []

• Third-person singular simple present indicative form of transliterate. (verb)

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• "Their word transliterates stade, and we get our word stadium from it."
• "Dear Alexander (or Aleksandr, as I believe your name transliterates into Russian):"
• "How curiously Mr. Nabokov "transliterates" my words can be seen from what I actually wrote: "the name originally meant 'archers' and was not at all close to 'sharpshooters"'(NYR, November 24)."