"retransliterate" meaning in English

See retransliterate in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: retransliterates [present, singular, third-person], retransliterating [participle, present], retransliterated [participle, past], retransliterated [past]
Etymology: re- + transliterate Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|re|transliterate}} re- + transliterate Head templates: {{en-verb}} retransliterate (third-person singular simple present retransliterates, present participle retransliterating, simple past and past participle retransliterated)
  1. To transliterate again.
    Sense id: en-retransliterate-en-verb-jFZKy2PH
  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.
    Sense id: en-retransliterate-en-verb-Y341BaQo Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with re- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 7 93 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with re-: 33 67

Inflected forms

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