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Text which can be displayed on a television or other video screen with suitable equipment, usually a transcription or description of audio material.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: broadcasting, media, television
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: CC
Antonyms: none provided
"Closed" originally indicated that such captions were by default not visible until activated (opened) by the viewer turning them on, in contrast to open captions which are embedded in the video itself, visible to all.
Across languages
Translations
19 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Cherokee:
ᎠᏍᏚᏅᎩ ᎠᏂᏬᏂᏍᎬᎢ ᏕᎪᏪᎸᎢ
(asdunvgi aniwonisgvi degowelvi)
— text displayed on a screen with suitable equipment
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Chinese Mandarin:
隱藏字幕 /隐藏字幕
(yǐncáng zìmù)
— text displayed on a screen with suitable equipment
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Finnish:
tekstitys
— text displayed on a screen with suitable equipment
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Finnish:
tekstitykset
— text displayed on a screen with suitable equipment
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German:
geschlossener Untertitel
— text displayed on a screen with suitable equipment
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German:
optional zuschaltbarer Untertitel
— text displayed on a screen with suitable equipment
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Hungarian:
választható/bekapcsolható felirat
— text displayed on a screen with suitable equipment
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Japanese:
クローズドキャプション
(kurōzudokyappushon)
— text displayed on a screen with suitable equipment
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Portuguese:
legenda oculta
— text displayed on a screen with suitable equipment
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Portuguese:
legenda codificada
— text displayed on a screen with suitable equipment
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Portuguese:
legendagem de áudio
— text displayed on a screen with suitable equipment
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Portuguese:
legenda fechada
— text displayed on a screen with suitable equipment
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Portuguese:
legenda de áudio
— text displayed on a screen with suitable equipment
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Russian:
скрытые субтитры
(skrytyje subtitry)
— text displayed on a screen with suitable equipment
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Spanish:
subtítulos
— text displayed on a screen with suitable equipment
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Spanish:
subtítulos descriptivos
— text displayed on a screen with suitable equipment
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Spanish:
subtítulos para sordos
— text displayed on a screen with suitable equipment
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Spanish:
subtítulos opcionales
— text displayed on a screen with suitable equipment
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Swedish:
undertexter
— text displayed on a screen with suitable equipment
