subtitle

1. 1.

   translation of foreign dialogue of a movie or TV program; usually displayed at the bottom of the screen

   Synonymscaption

   Broadertranslation

   Part ofmovie
2. 2.

   secondary or explanatory title

   Broadertitle

1. 1.

   supply (a movie) with subtitles

   Broadersupply

   performing arts

Other forms of subtitle

plural

subtitles·

past tense

subtitled·

present participle

subtitling·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about subtitle

What does subtitle mean?

subtitle means "translation of foreign dialogue of a movie or TV program; usually displayed at the bottom of the screen". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in subtitle?

subtitle has 3 syllables: sub-ti-tle. The stress falls on "sub". In IPA it is /ˈsʌbˌtaɪtəl/.

What is another word for subtitle?

Close synonyms include caption. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is subtitle a common word?

subtitle is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with subtitle?

2 words rhyme with subtitle. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.