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Added 9 October 2026

transcribe

/trænˈskɹaɪb/ verb

Latin root: trānscrībere Wiktionary

verb Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about transcribe at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

Write out from speech, notes, etc.
Transcribe the oral history of this tribe
Rewrite in a different script.
The Sanskrit text had to be transliterated
Rewrite or arrange a piece of music for an instrument or medium other than that originally intended.

Origin

Learned borrowing from Latin trānscrībere (“to write again in another place, transcribe, copy”).

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