transcribe

== 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. (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 ==== transcriber ==== Related terms ==== scribe transcribble transcription translate transliterate ==== Translations ==== === References === “transcribe”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “transcribe”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →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