different between literatim vs verbatim

English

Etymology

From Medieval Latin litter?tim, from littera (“letter”). First known use: 1643.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /?l?.t??e?.t?m/

Adverb

literatim (not comparable)

1. (of the copying of text) Letter by letter.
   • 1825: Sir Nicholas Harris Nicolas, A Synopsis of the Peerage of England: Exhibiting, under Alphabetical Arrangement, The Date of Creation, Descent, and Present State of Every Title of Peerage Which has Existed in this Country since the Conquest. In Two Volumes, p807

     This fact is not otherwise important than as it tends to prove, that no verbatim et literatim copy of the original has as yet been published.

   • 1845: Jean Calvin, Works…, pXXIV

     The only liberty which has been taken in reprinting this Dedication, is in reference to the supplying of modern punctuation, and the division of it into paragraphs; but in other respects it is given verbatim et literatim.

   • 1903: The Friends’ Historical Society, The Journal of the Friends’ Historical Society, p1

     In order to give its Scots flavor to the eye, as I cannot to the ear, I shall transcribe its beginning literatim.

   • 2004: Peter Esprit Radisson, Voyages of Peter Esprit Radisson, p2

     But the meaning is in all cases clearly conveyed, and, in justice both to the author and the reader, they have been printed verbatim et literatim, as in the original manuscripts.

Related terms

• verbatim et literatim

See also

• gradatim
• seriatim
• verbatim

Anagrams

• time trial

English

Etymology

Attested in English since 1481 (therefore considered a Middle English derivation by some): from Medieval Latin verb?tim (“word for word”), from Latin verbum (“word”) + -?tim (adverbial suffix).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /v???be?.t?m/
• (US) IPA^(key): /v??be?.t?m/

Adverb

verbatim (not comparable)

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

Synonyms

Derived terms

• verbatim et literatim

Related terms

Translations

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, Andre? 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

Noun

verbatim (plural verbatims)

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

Translations

See also

• ipsissima verba

References

Anagrams

• ambivert

French

Noun

verbatim m (plural verbatim)

1. verbatim

Adverb

verbatim

1. verbatim

Latin

Etymology

From verbum (“word”) +? -?tim.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /u?er?ba?.tim/, [u??r?bä?t????]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ver?ba.tim/, [v?r?b??t?im]

Adverb

verb?tim (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, 1883–1887)

Portuguese

Adverb

verbatim (not comparable)

1. verbatim (word for word)

   Synonyms: à letra, palavra por palavra, ipsis litteris