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English
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin trānscrībere (“to write again in another place, transcribe, copy”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /trænˈskɹaɪb/
- Rhymes: -aɪb
- Hyphenation: tran‧scribe
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.
- (dictation) 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.
- (computing) To transfer data from one recording medium to another.
- (music) To adapt a composition for a voice or instrument other than the original; to notate live or recorded music.
- (biochemistry) To cause DNA to undergo transcription.
- (linguistics) To represent speech by phonetic symbols.
Derived terms
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Translations
to convert a representation of language into another
dictation: to make such conversion from speech to text
music: to adapt a composition
biology: to cause to undergo transcription
linguistics: to represent speech by phonetic symbols
References
- “transcribe”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “transcribe”, in The Century Dictionary , New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
Latin
Verb
trānscrībe
- second-person singular present active imperative of trānscrībō
Spanish
Verb
transcribe
- inflection of transcribir:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative
