transcribe

Syllables: tran·scribe/trænˈskɹaɪb/

transcribe verb: to convert a representation of language, typically speech but also sign language, etc., to a written representation of it. The term now usually implies the conversion of speech to text by a human transcriptionist with the assistance of a computer for word processing and sometimes also for speech recognition, the process of a computer interpreting speech and converting it to text.

Verb

transcribe (third-person singular simple present transcribes, present participle transcribing, simple past and past participle transcribed)

To convert a representation of language, typically speech but also sign language, etc., to a written representation of it. The term now usually implies the conversion of speech to text by a human transcriptionist with the assistance of a computer for word processing and sometimes also for speech recognition, the process of a computer interpreting speech and converting it to text.
- And that's how I ended up on the side of the road, […] scribbling in a tiny red notebook as I tried to transcribe the words coming through my phone's speakers: “black shirts and brown shirts,” “Fauci demonic, ”petrifying,” “your body belongs to the state,” “like China's one-child policy and forced...2023, Naomi Klein, “Diagonal Lines”, in Doppelganger: A Trip into the Mirror World, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, →ISBN
To make such a conversion from live or recorded speech to text.
- The doctor made several recordings today which she will transcribe into medical reports tomorrow.
To transfer data from one recording medium to another.
To adapt a composition for a voice or instrument other than the original; to notate live or recorded music.
To cause DNA to undergo transcription.
To represent speech by phonetic symbols.

transcribe meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Malayalam and Kannada

transcribe in Tamil

பார்த்துப் படியெழுது, மாற்றி எழுது

transcribe in Urdu

نقل کرنا

transcribe in Malayalam

ആവർത്തിച്ചെഴുതുക, പകർത്തിയെഴുതുക

transcribe in Kannada

ಬರೆ, ಬೆರಳಚ್ಚು ಮಾಡು, ನಕಲು ಮಾಡು, ಲಿಪ್ಯಂತರ ಮಾಡು

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transcribe in Thai: ทับศัพท์ táp-sàp, ถ่ายเสียง, ถอดเสียง
transcribe in Vietnamese: chép lại, chuyển biên, phiên mã, sao mã

Examples of transcribe in a sentence

All unfamiliar names have been transcribed in phonetic spelling.
Ever grateful for his perfect recall, the policeman carefully transcribed Mr.
All the other consonant phonemes are transcribed into the homoglyphs of their IPA representations.

All 25 example sentences with transcribe

Forms of transcribe

third-person singular present	transcribes
present participle	transcribing
past participle	transcribed
past	transcribed

Past tense of transcribe: transcribed

Origin of transcribe

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

Words formed from transcribe

Words that rhyme with transcribe

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Questions about transcribe

What does transcribe mean?: Transcribe means to convert a representation of language, typically speech but also sign language, etc., to a written representation of it. The term now usually implies the conversion of speech to text by a human transcriptionist with the assistance of a computer for word processing and sometimes also for speech recognition, the process of a computer interpreting speech and converting it to text.
What is transcribe in Tamil?: Transcribe in Tamil is பார்த்துப் படியெழுது, மாற்றி எழுது. See Transcribe meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is transcribe?: Transcribe is a verb.
How do you pronounce transcribe?: Transcribe is pronounced /trænˈskɹaɪb/.
What is the past tense of transcribe?: The past tense of transcribe is transcribed.

Words near transcribe in the dictionary

Adapted from Wiktionary: transcribe (page history and authors); transcribe (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); transcribe (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); transcribe (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); transcribe (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated: 2026-09-02

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