noun · 12 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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/tɹænˈskɹɪpʃən/
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rhymes with -ɪpʃən
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Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
noun
Meaning 1
The act or process of transcribing.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
Something that has been transcribed, including:
An adaptation of a composition.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
Examples
These frame tale interludes frequently include transcriptions of Italian folk songs.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
noun
Meaning 3
Something that has been transcribed, including:
A recorded radio or television programme.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: broadcasting, media
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
4
noun
Meaning 4
Something that has been transcribed, including:
A representation of speech sounds as phonetic symbols.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
5
noun
Meaning 5
A written document.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, obsolete, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
6
noun
Meaning 6
Synonym of copywork.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, obsolete, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: copywork
Antonyms: none provided
7
noun
Meaning 7
The synthesis of RNA under the direction of DNA.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
(genetics) the organic process whereby the DNA sequence in a gene is copied into mRNA; the process whereby a base sequence of messenger RNA is synthesized on a template of complementary DNA
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: organic process, biological process
History
Etymology
From Middle French transcription, or directly from Latin transcriptiōnem, from trānscrībō (“transcribe”).
Across languages
Translations
114 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Finnish:
transkriptio
— in music
Finnish:
nuotinnos
— in music
Finnish:
sovitus
— in music
Hungarian:
átirat
— in music
Armenian:
արտագրություն
(artagrutʻyun)
— recorded programme
Bulgarian:
запис
(zapis)
— recorded programme
Finnish:
tallenne
— recorded programme
Hungarian:
felvétel
— recorded programme
Hungarian:
felvett műsor/adás
— recorded programme
Albanian:
transkriptim
— in linguistics
Arabic:
كَرْشَنَة
(karšana)
— in linguistics
Arabic:
نَقْصَوَة
(naqṣawa)
— in linguistics
Arabic:
نَقْل صَوْتِيّ
(naql ṣawtiyy)
— in linguistics
Arabic:
نَسْخ لَفْظِيّ
(nasḵ lafẓiyy)
— in linguistics
Armenian:
տառադարձություն
(taṙadarjutʻyun)
— in linguistics
Asturian:
trescripción
— in linguistics
Azerbaijani:
transkripsiya
— in linguistics
Belarusian:
транскры́пцыя
(transkrýpcyja)
— in linguistics
Bulgarian:
транскри́пция
(transkrípcija)
— in linguistics
Burmese:
အသံဖော်ပြခြင်း
(a.samhpau-pra.hkrang:)
— in linguistics
Burmese:
ထိုက်အသံ
(htuik-a.sam)
— in linguistics
Catalan:
transcripció
— in linguistics
Chinese Mandarin:
音譯 /音译
(yīnyì)
— in linguistics
Chinese Mandarin:
轉寫 /转写
(zhuǎnxiě)
— in linguistics
Czech:
transkripce
— in linguistics
Danish:
transskription
— in linguistics
Dutch:
transcriptie
— in linguistics
Esperanto:
transskribo
— in linguistics
Estonian:
transkriptsioon
— in linguistics
Finnish:
tarkekirjoitus
— in linguistics
Finnish:
transkriptio
— in linguistics
French:
transcription
— in linguistics
Galician:
transcrición
— in linguistics
Georgian:
ტრანსკრიფცია
(ṭransḳripcia)
— in linguistics
German:
Transkription
— in linguistics
Greek:
μεταγραφή
(metagrafí)
— in linguistics
Hebrew:
שַׁעְתּוּק
(shiatúk)
— in linguistics
Hindi:
लिप्यंतरण
(lipyantraṇ)
— in linguistics
Hungarian:
átírás
— in linguistics
Hungarian:
kiejtés szerinti / fonetikus átírás
— in linguistics
Icelandic:
hjóðfræðileg umritun
— in linguistics
Indonesian:
transkripsi
— in linguistics
Italian:
trascrizione
— in linguistics
Japanese:
転写
(tensha)
— in linguistics
Japanese:
音写
(onsha)
— in linguistics
Kapampangan:
pamanlikas-sulat
— in linguistics
Kapampangan:
pamanlikas
— in linguistics
Kazakh:
дыбыстаңба
(dybystañba)
— in linguistics
Kazakh:
транскрипция
(transkripsiä)
— in linguistics
Khmer:
អក្សរសព្ទ
(ʼaksɑɑ sap)
— in linguistics
Khmer:
ការបកសំឡេង
(kaa bɑɑk sɑmleeng)
— in linguistics
Khmer:
ការចម្លងសំឡេង
(kaa cɑɑmlɑɑng sɑmleeng)
— in linguistics
Korean:
전사
(jeonsa)
— in linguistics
Northern Kurdish:
transkrîpsyon
— in linguistics
Kyrgyz:
транскрипция
(transkriptsiya)
— in linguistics
Lao:
ການຖອດສຽງ
(kān thǭt sīang)
— in linguistics
Lao:
ການບັນທຶກສຽງ
(kān ban thưk sīang)
— in linguistics
Latvian:
transkripcija
— in linguistics
Lithuanian:
transkripcija
— in linguistics
Lithuanian:
perraša
— in linguistics
Macedonian:
транскрипција
(transkripcija)
— in linguistics
Malay:
transkripsi
— in linguistics
Mongolian:
транскрипци
(transkripci)
— in linguistics
Norwegian Bokmål:
transkripsjon
— in linguistics
Iranian Persian:
تَرانَویسی
(tarânavisi)
— in linguistics
Iranian Persian:
آوانَویسی
(âvânavisi)
— in linguistics
Polish:
transkrypcja
— in linguistics
Portuguese:
transcrição
— in linguistics
Romanian:
transcriere
— in linguistics
Russian:
транскри́пция
(transkrípcija)
— in linguistics
Serbo-Croatian:
транскрѝпција
— in linguistics
Serbo-Croatian:
transkrìpcija
— in linguistics
Slovak:
transkripcia
— in linguistics
Slovene:
transkripcija
— in linguistics
Spanish:
transcripción
— in linguistics
Swedish:
transkription
— in linguistics
Tagalog:
salinsulat
— in linguistics
Tajik:
транскриптсия
(transkriptsiya)
— in linguistics
Tajik:
овонависӣ
(ovonavisi)
— in linguistics
Tajik:
таронивишт
(taronivišt)
— in linguistics
Tajik:
таронависӣ
(taronavisi)
— in linguistics
Thai:
การถอดเสียง
(gaan-tɔ̀ɔt-sǐiang)
— in linguistics
Turkish:
transkripsiyon
— in linguistics
Turkish:
kerşene
— in linguistics
Turkish:
çeviri yazı
— in linguistics
Turkmen:
transkripsiýa
— in linguistics
Ukrainian:
транскри́пція
(transkrýpcija)
— in linguistics
Ukrainian:
звуко́пис
(zvukópys)
— in linguistics
Uyghur:
ترانسكرىپسىيە
(transkripsiye)
— in linguistics
Uzbek:
transkripsiya
— in linguistics
Vietnamese:
bản sao
— in linguistics
Vietnamese:
sự phiên âm
— in linguistics
Bulgarian:
транскри́пция
(transkrípcija)
— in genetics
Catalan:
transcripció
— in genetics
Chinese Cantonese:
轉錄 /转录
(zyun2 luk6)
— in genetics
Chinese:
轉錄 /转录
(choán-lio̍k)
— in genetics
Chinese Mandarin:
轉錄 /转录
(zhuǎnlù)
— in genetics
Czech:
transkripce
— in genetics
Finnish:
transkriptio
— in genetics
Finnish:
kopiointi
— in genetics
French:
transcription
— in genetics
Galician:
transcrición
— in genetics
German:
Transkription
— in genetics
Hindi:
प्रतिलेखन
(pratilekhan)
— in genetics
Hungarian:
transzkripció
— in genetics
Italian:
trascrizione
— in genetics
Japanese:
転写
(tensha)
— in genetics
Korean:
전사
(jeonsa)
— in genetics
Northern Kurdish:
libergirtin
— in genetics
Portuguese:
transcrição
— in genetics
Russian:
транскри́пция
(transkrípcija)
— in genetics