verbatim

verbatim

English

WOTD – 11 December 2007

Etymology

Attested in English since 1481[1] (therefore considered a Middle English derivation by some[2]): from Medieval Latin verbātim (“word for word”)[1][2][3][4], from Latin verbum (“word”)[1][2][3][4] + -ātim (adverbial suffix)[4].

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /vɜːˈbeɪ.tɪm/[3]
• (US) IPA^(key): /vɚˈbeɪ.tɪm/

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Adverb

verbatim (not comparable)

1. Word for word; in exactly the same words as were used originally.

   I have copied his speech verbatim, so this is exactly what he said, word for word.

   • 1971, Denis Mahon, Studies in Seicento Art and Theory, p317

     […] in several instances Mancini’s text is virtually reproduced verbatim by Bellori.¹²⁰

2. (obsolete) Orally; verbally.
   • 1591 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The First Part of Henry the Sixt”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act III, scene i]:

     I […] am not able
     Verbatim to rehearse the method of my pen

Synonyms

Synonyms

• in so many words
• word for word
• by heart
• wordmeal

Derived terms

• verbatim et literatim

Related terms

Related terms

• gradatim
• literatim
• seriatim

Translations

word for word

Arabic: حَرْفًا بِحَرْفٍ‎ (ḥarfan bi-ḥarfin) Armenian: բառ առ բառ (baṙ aṙ baṙ), բառացիորեն (hy) (baṙacʿioren) Bashkir: һүҙмә-һүҙ (hüðmä-hüð) Belarusian: дасло́ўна (daslóŭna), літара́льна (litarálʹna) Bulgarian: досло́вно (bg) (doslóvno), буквално (bg) (bukvalno) Catalan: mot a mot Chinese: Mandarin: 逐字地 (zh) (zhúzì de), 一字一字地 (yīzìyīzì de), 一字不差地 (zh) (yīzìbùchà de) Czech: doslovně, slovo od slova Danish: ordret, ord for ord, ord til andet Dutch: woord voor woord, letterlijk (nl) Finnish: sananmukaisesti, sanatarkasti, kirjaimellisesti (fi), sanasta sanaan French: texto (fr), mot pour mot (fr), littéralement (fr) Georgian: სიტყვასიტყვით (ka) (siṭq̇vasiṭq̇vit), ზედმიწევნით (zedmic̣evnit), ზუსტად (zusṭad) German: wortgetreu (de), wortwörtlich (de), Wort für Wort Greek: αυτολεξεί (el) (aftolexeí) Hebrew: מילה במילה‎ (milá bemilá) Hindi: शब्दश (śabdaś) Hungarian: szóról szóra Icelandic: orðrétt, orð fyrir orð Ido: vortope (io) Indonesian: kata demi kata Irish: focal ar fhocal Italian: parola per parola Japanese: 一語一語 (いちごいちご, ichigoichigo), 逐語的に (ちくごてきに, chikugoteki ni) Latin: verbum verbō, ipsis litteris Macedonian: дословно (doslovno) Malayalam: പദാനുപദം (ml) (padānupadaṃ) Norwegian: Bokmål: ordrett Nynorsk: ordrett Old English: gewyrdelīce Persian: کلمه‌به‌کلمه‎ (kalame-be-kalame), عیناً‎ (fa) (eynan) Polish: słowo w słowo, dosłownie (pl) Portuguese: à letra, palavra por palavra, ipsis litteris (pt), verbatim (pt), literalmente (pt) Russian: досло́вно (ru) (doslóvno), сло́во в сло́во (ru) (slóvo v slóvo), буква́льно (ru) (bukválʹno) Scottish Gaelic: facal air an fhacal Serbo-Croatian: Roman: doslovce, doslovno (sh) Slovak: doslovne Slovene: dobesedno Spanish: literalmente (es), textualmente, palabra por palabra, Swedish: ordagrant (sv), ord för ord (sv), verbatim (sv), ordagrann (sv) Turkish: aynen (tr), harfi harfine, kelimesi kelimesine (tr), motamot Ukrainian: дослі́вно (doslívno) Urdu: خوبخو‎ (xu-ba-xu) Vietnamese: đúng (vi) nguyên văn (vi) Welsh: gair am air Yoruba: atenuso

Adjective

verbatim (not comparable)

1. (of a document) Corresponding with the original word for word.
   • Date unknown: Joint Committee on Printing Congress of the United States, General Statement of Procedure for Verbatim Reporting of Proceedings in Senate Chamber, page five:
   • 1917, Andreĭ Ivanovich Shingarev, Russia and Her Allies: Extract from the Verbatim Report of the Imperial Duma, IV^th Session, 16^th Sitting, page 3:
   • 2002, Michael Quim Patton, Qualitative Research & Evaluation Methods, p381

     Ironically, verbatim note taking can interfere with listening attentively.

2. (of a person) Able to take down a speech word for word, especially in shorthand.
   • U.S. Department of Labor's description of court reporter's job:

     Some States require voice writers to pass a test and to earn State licensure. As a substitute for State licensure, the National Verbatim Reporters Association offers three national certifications to voice writers: Certified Verbatim Reporter (CVR), the Certificate of Merit (CM), and Real-Time Verbatim Reporter (RVR). Earning these certifications is sufficient to be licensed in States where the voice method of court reporting is permitted.

Synonyms

• ((of a document) faithful to its original): word for word, to the letter

Derived terms

• nonverbatim
• verbatimness

Translations

of a document: word for word

Bashkir: һүҙмә-һүҙ (hüðmä-hüð) Bulgarian: дословен (dosloven) Czech: doslovný (cs) m Finnish: sananmukainen, sanatarkka, kirjaimellinen (fi) Georgian: სიტყვასიტყვითი (siṭq̇vasiṭq̇viti), ზედმიწევნითი (zedmic̣evniti), ზუსტი (zusṭi) Greek: κατά λέξη (katá léxi) Icelandic: orðréttur (is) m, orðrétt f or n Norwegian: ordrett Portuguese: verbatim (pt), palavra por palavra Russian: досло́вный (ru) (doslóvnyj) Slovene: dobeseden Spanish: literal (es) Swedish: ordagrann (sv)

of a person: skilled in faithful transcription

Finnish: pikakirjoitustaitoinen

Noun

verbatim (plural verbatims)

1. A word-for-word report of a speech.

Translations

word-for-word report

Finnish: sanatarkka lainaus French: verbatim (fr) m Norwegian: Bokmål: ordrett nedtegnelse m, ordrett referat n

See also

• ipsissima verba

References

1. Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
2. The American Heritage^® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
3. The Concise Oxford English Dictionary [Eleventh Edition]
4. Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1·1)

Anagrams

• ambivert

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Pronunciation

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Noun

verbatim m (plural verbatim)

1. verbatim

Adverb

verbatim

1. verbatim

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Latin

Etymology

From verbum (“word”) +‎ -ātim.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /u̯erˈbaː.tim/, [u̯ɛrˈbäːt̪ɪ̃ˑ]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /verˈba.tim/, [verˈbäːt̪im]

Adverb

verbātim (not comparable)

1. verbatim, word for word

Descendants

• English: verbatim

References

• verbatim in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

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Portuguese

Adverb

verbatim (not comparable)

1. verbatim (word for word)

   Synonyms: à letra, palavra por palavra, ipsis litteris