transcription
noun /trænˈskrɪpʃn/
/trænˈskrɪpʃn/
- [uncountable] the act or process of representing something in a written or printed form
- errors made in transcription
- phonetic transcription
- (also transcript)[countable] a written or printed copy of words that have been spoken
- The full transcription of the interview is attached.
- [countable] something that is represented in writing
- This dictionary gives phonetic transcriptions of all headwords.
- [countable] a change in the written form of a piece of music so that it can be played on a different instrument or sung by a different voice
Word Originlate 16th cent.: from French, or from Latin transcriptio(n-), from the verb transcribere, from trans- ‘across’ + scribere ‘write’.