Meaning

2 senses
  1. (not comparable)Transliterating; using transliteration.

    1897, Syamacharan Ganguli, TRANSLITERAL versus PHONETIC ROMANISATION, article IX in the Calcutta Review, volume 105 (number 210)

  2. (not comparable, rare)More than literal; beyond literal.

Origin

Probably from transliterate, perhaps influenced by literal. From trans- + literal.

Probably from transliterate, perhaps influenced by literal.

From trans- + literal.

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