# verbatim
## English
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /vɜːˈbeɪ.tɪm/
* (US) IPA: /vɝˈbeɪ.tɪm/
* Audio (US):(file)
* Audio (General Australian):(file)

### Adverb

verbatim (not comparable)
* 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, page 317:[…] in several instances Mancini’s text is virtually reproduced verbatim by Bellori.$^{120}$
* (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, [Act III, scene i]:I […] am not able Verbatim to rehearse the method of my pen

#### Synonyms

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

#### Derived terms

* verbatim et literatim

#### Related terms

* gradatim
* literatim
* seriatim

#### Translations
### Adjective

verbatim (not comparable)
* (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, IVth Session, 16th Sitting, page 3:
** 2002, Michael Quim Patton, Qualitative Research & Evaluation Methods, page 381:Ironically, verbatim note taking can interfere with listening attentively.
* (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)
* A word-for-word report of a speech.

#### Translations
### See also

* ipsissima verba

### References

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

### Anagrams

* ambivert

## French
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Noun

verbatim m (plural verbatim)
* verbatim

### Adverb

verbatim
* verbatim

## Latin
### Etymology

From verbum (“word”) +‎ -ātim.

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /u̯erˈbaː.tim/, [u̯ɛrˈbäːt̪ɪ̃ˑ]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /verˈba.tim/, [verˈbäːt̪im]

### Adverb

verbātim (not comparable)
* 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)

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin verbatim.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /weʁˈba.t͡ʃim/ [weɦˈba.t͡ʃim], /ˈweʁ.ba.t͡ʃim/ [ˈweɦ.ba.t͡ʃim]
* (Brazil) IPA: /weʁˈba.t͡ʃim/ [weɦˈba.t͡ʃim], /ˈweʁ.ba.t͡ʃim/ [ˈweɦ.ba.t͡ʃim]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /weɾˈba.t͡ʃim/, /ˈweɾ.ba.t͡ʃim/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /weʁˈba.t͡ʃim/, /ˈweʁ.ba.t͡ʃim/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /weɻˈba.t͡ʃim/, /ˈweɻ.ba.t͡ʃim/
* (Portugal) IPA: /weɾˈba.tim/ [weɾˈβa.tim], /ˈweɾ.ba.tim/ [ˈweɾ.βa.tim]
* Rhymes: -ĩ
* Hyphenation: ver‧ba‧tim

### Adverb

verbatim (not comparable)
* verbatim (word for word)
    Synonyms: à letra, palavra por palavra, ipsis litteris
* verbatim, literally (in exactly the same words)

### Adjective

verbatim m or f (plural verbatins)
* verbatim (that corresponds word for word to the original text)

### Further reading

* “verbatim”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
* “verbatim”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
* “verbatim”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025