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mistransliterate

mistransliterate verb: to transliterate incorrectly.

Verb

mistransliterate (third-person singular simple present mistransliterates, present participle mistransliterating, simple past and past participle mistransliterated)

  1. To transliterate incorrectly.

Forms of mistransliterate

third-person singular presentmistransliterates
present participlemistransliterating
past participlemistransliterated
pastmistransliterated

Origin of mistransliterate

From mis- + transliterate.

Questions about mistransliterate

What does mistransliterate mean?
Mistransliterate means to transliterate incorrectly.
What part of speech is mistransliterate?
Mistransliterate is a verb.
What is the past tense of mistransliterate?
The past tense of mistransliterate is mistransliterated.

Words near mistransliterate in the dictionary

  1. mistranslates
  2. mistranslating
  3. mistranslation
  4. mistranslational
  5. mistranslations
  6. mistransliterate
  7. mistransliterated
  8. mistransliterates
  9. mistransliterating
  10. mistransliteration
  11. mistransliterations

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