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• /ˈkæp.ʃən/
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Borrowed from Latin captiō (“deception, fraud”), from the past participle of capiō (“to take, to seize”) (English capture). Compare Middle English capcioun (“seizure, capture”).

114 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: заглавие (zaglavie) — descriptive title or heading of (part of) a document
• Bulgarian: рубрика (rubrika) — descriptive title or heading of (part of) a document
• Chinese Mandarin: 標題 /标题 (biāotí) — descriptive title or heading of (part of) a document
• Czech: titulek — descriptive title or heading of (part of) a document
• Dutch: titel — descriptive title or heading of (part of) a document
• Dutch: hoofding — descriptive title or heading of (part of) a document
• Dutch: hoofd — descriptive title or heading of (part of) a document
• Dutch: kop — descriptive title or heading of (part of) a document
• Dutch: opschrift — descriptive title or heading of (part of) a document
• Finnish: otsikko — descriptive title or heading of (part of) a document
• French: légende — descriptive title or heading of (part of) a document
• German: Überschrift — descriptive title or heading of (part of) a document
• German: Kopf — descriptive title or heading of (part of) a document
• German: Einleitungsformel — descriptive title or heading of (part of) a document
• German: Titel — descriptive title or heading of (part of) a document
• German: Zwischenüberschrift — descriptive title or heading of (part of) a document
• Italian: intestazione — descriptive title or heading of (part of) a document
• Macedonian: заглавие (zaglavie) — descriptive title or heading of (part of) a document
• Macedonian: натпис (natpis) — descriptive title or heading of (part of) a document
• Macedonian: опис (opis) — descriptive title or heading of (part of) a document
• Manx: fo-heidyl — descriptive title or heading of (part of) a document
• Marathi: मथळा (mathḷā) — descriptive title or heading of (part of) a document
• Plautdietsch: Äwaschreft — descriptive title or heading of (part of) a document
• Portuguese: cabeçalho — descriptive title or heading of (part of) a document
• Russian: заголо́вок (zagolóvok) — descriptive title or heading of (part of) a document
• Russian: загла́вие (zaglávije) — descriptive title or heading of (part of) a document
• Russian: ру́брика (rúbrika) — descriptive title or heading of (part of) a document
• Spanish: prefacio — descriptive title or heading of (part of) a document
• Welsh: pennawd — descriptive title or heading of (part of) a document
• Bulgarian: надпис (nadpis) — title or brief explanation attached to an illustration or cartoon
• Czech: popisek — title or brief explanation attached to an illustration or cartoon
• Dutch: bijschrift — title or brief explanation attached to an illustration or cartoon
• Dutch: legende — title or brief explanation attached to an illustration or cartoon
• Dutch: onderschrift — title or brief explanation attached to an illustration or cartoon
• Dutch: opschrift — title or brief explanation attached to an illustration or cartoon
• Finnish: kuvateksti — title or brief explanation attached to an illustration or cartoon
• French: légende — title or brief explanation attached to an illustration or cartoon
• German: Titel — title or brief explanation attached to an illustration or cartoon
• German: Legende — title or brief explanation attached to an illustration or cartoon
• German: Beschriftung — title or brief explanation attached to an illustration or cartoon
• German: Bildunterschrift — title or brief explanation attached to an illustration or cartoon
• German: Bildüberschrift — title or brief explanation attached to an illustration or cartoon
• German: Bildtext — title or brief explanation attached to an illustration or cartoon
• Irish: ceannscríbhinn — title or brief explanation attached to an illustration or cartoon
• Irish: foscríbhinn — title or brief explanation attached to an illustration or cartoon
• Irish: fotheideal — title or brief explanation attached to an illustration or cartoon
• Irish: teideal — title or brief explanation attached to an illustration or cartoon
• Italian: didascalia — title or brief explanation attached to an illustration or cartoon
• Italian: legenda — title or brief explanation attached to an illustration or cartoon
• Italian: dicitura — title or brief explanation attached to an illustration or cartoon
• Japanese: キャプション (kyapushon) — title or brief explanation attached to an illustration or cartoon
• Korean: 표제 (pyoje) — title or brief explanation attached to an illustration or cartoon
• Macedonian: натпис (natpis) — title or brief explanation attached to an illustration or cartoon
• Macedonian: опис (opis) — title or brief explanation attached to an illustration or cartoon
• Manx: fo-heidyl — title or brief explanation attached to an illustration or cartoon
• Māori: tapanga — title or brief explanation attached to an illustration or cartoon
• Māori: whakapūaho — title or brief explanation attached to an illustration or cartoon
• Polish: podpis — title or brief explanation attached to an illustration or cartoon
• Portuguese: legenda — title or brief explanation attached to an illustration or cartoon
• Russian: на́дпись (nádpisʹ) — title or brief explanation attached to an illustration or cartoon
• Russian: по́дпись (pódpisʹ) — title or brief explanation attached to an illustration or cartoon
• Spanish: título — title or brief explanation attached to an illustration or cartoon
• Spanish: leyenda — title or brief explanation attached to an illustration or cartoon
• Spanish: capción — title or brief explanation attached to an illustration or cartoon
• Spanish: intitulación — title or brief explanation attached to an illustration or cartoon
• Bulgarian: надписи (nadpisi) — piece of text appearing on screen as part of a film or broadcast
• Cherokee: ᎠᏂᏬᏂᏍᎬᎢ ᏕᎪᏪᎸᎢ (aniwonisgvi degowelvi) — piece of text appearing on screen as part of a film or broadcast
• Chinese Mandarin: 字幕 (zìmù) — piece of text appearing on screen as part of a film or broadcast
• Czech: titulek — piece of text appearing on screen as part of a film or broadcast
• Dutch: legende — piece of text appearing on screen as part of a film or broadcast
• Dutch: ondertitel — piece of text appearing on screen as part of a film or broadcast
• Finnish: tekstitys — piece of text appearing on screen as part of a film or broadcast
• French: sous-titre — piece of text appearing on screen as part of a film or broadcast
• French: sous-titrage pour sourds et malentendants — piece of text appearing on screen as part of a film or broadcast
• Galician: subtítulo — piece of text appearing on screen as part of a film or broadcast
• Galician: subtítulos descritivos — piece of text appearing on screen as part of a film or broadcast
• Galician: subtítulos para xordos — piece of text appearing on screen as part of a film or broadcast
• German: Untertitel — piece of text appearing on screen as part of a film or broadcast
• German: Filmuntertitel — piece of text appearing on screen as part of a film or broadcast
• German: Bildtext — piece of text appearing on screen as part of a film or broadcast
• Hungarian: felirat — piece of text appearing on screen as part of a film or broadcast
• Indonesian: takarir — piece of text appearing on screen as part of a film or broadcast
• Italian: sottotitolo — piece of text appearing on screen as part of a film or broadcast
• Italian: didascalia — piece of text appearing on screen as part of a film or broadcast
• Macedonian: титл (titl) — piece of text appearing on screen as part of a film or broadcast
• Malay: sari kata — piece of text appearing on screen as part of a film or broadcast
• Manx: fo-heidyl — piece of text appearing on screen as part of a film or broadcast
• Polish: napisy — piece of text appearing on screen as part of a film or broadcast
• Portuguese: legenda — piece of text appearing on screen as part of a film or broadcast
• Russian: заста́вка (zastávka) — piece of text appearing on screen as part of a film or broadcast
• Russian: на́дпись (nádpisʹ) — piece of text appearing on screen as part of a film or broadcast
• Scottish Gaelic: fo-thiotal — piece of text appearing on screen as part of a film or broadcast
• Slovak: titulok — piece of text appearing on screen as part of a film or broadcast
• Spanish: subtítulo descriptivo — piece of text appearing on screen as part of a film or broadcast
• Spanish: subtítulo para sordos — piece of text appearing on screen as part of a film or broadcast
• Dutch: certificaat — section of an official paper
• Dutch: certificatie — section of an official paper
• German: Rubrum — section of an official paper
• Italian: parte iniziale — section of an official paper
• Russian: сопроводи́тельная бума́га (soprovodítelʹnaja bumága) — section of an official paper
• Czech: opatřit popiskem — to add captions to a text or illustration
• Dutch: betitelen — to add captions to a text or illustration
• Dutch: titelen — to add captions to a text or illustration
• French: légender — to add captions to a text or illustration
• German: betiteln — to add captions to a text or illustration
• German: titeln — to add captions to a text or illustration
• Spanish: intitular — to add captions to a text or illustration
• Spanish: capcionar — to add captions to a text or illustration
• Czech: opatřit titulky — to add captions to a film or broadcast
• Dutch: ondertitelen — to add captions to a film or broadcast
• French: sous-titrer — to add captions to a film or broadcast
• Macedonian: титлува (titluva) — to add captions to a film or broadcast
• Portuguese: legendar — to add captions to a film or broadcast
• Spanish: subtitular — to add captions to a film or broadcast