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C2+ Topic:Language & Linguistics

US /trænˈskrɪpʃən/ UK /trænˈskrɪpʃən/ See IPA manual

Meanings

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noun
a written or printed representation of something said or recorded

The transcription of the interview ran to forty pages.

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Synonyms

1 noun · a written or printed... transcript copy record reproduction rendering notation

Word family

Related forms transcribe transcript scribe script

Etymology

From Latin trānscrīptiō(n-) ('a copying'), from trānscrībere ('to copy, write across'), from trāns ('across') + scrībere ('to write').

trānscrīptiō Latin trāns Latin scrībere Latin

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Language & Linguistics Abstract Ideas Word Formation & Derivatives

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# transcription

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /trænˈskrɪpʃən/
**IPA (UK):** /trænˈskrɪpʃən/

## Meanings
1. a written or printed representation of something said or recorded

## Examples
- The transcription of the interview ran to forty pages.

## Synonyms
- transcript
- copy
- record
- reproduction
- rendering
- notation

## Related Forms
- transcribe
- transcript
- scribe
- script

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: trānscrīptiō
- Root: trāns
- Root: scrībere

## Etymology
From Latin trānscrīptiō(n-) ('a copying'), from trānscrībere ('to copy, write across'), from trāns ('across') + scrībere ('to write').

## AI Etymology
Transcription comes from Latin trānscrīptiō(n-) ('a copying'), from trānscrībere ('to copy, write across'), from trāns ('across') + scrībere ('to write'). The historical chain includes Latin trānscrīptiō, Latin trāns, and Latin scrībere. The quoted older senses, "a copying", "to copy, write across", "across", and "to write", supply the semantic anchors for transcription. The formation is best read as compound and borrowed: the word transcription carries its older form-history into a compact English lexical shape. In present English it is used as a noun, "a written or printed representation of something said or recorded". Related English forms include transcribe, transcript, scribe, and script. The result is a noun whose etymology preserves both the older form and the later English specialization.

## Topics
- Language & Linguistics
- Abstract Ideas
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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