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subtitle

noun · verb · 6 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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  • /ˈsʌbtaɪtəl/
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  • CMU ARPABET: S AH1 B T AY2 T AH0 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

A heading below or after a title.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: authorship, broadcasting, communications, film, journalism, literature, media, publishing, television, writing

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

Textual versions of the dialogue in films (and similar media such as television or video games), usually displayed at the bottom of the screen.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: broadcasting, cinematography, film, media, television

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

verb

Meaning 3

To create subtitles for the dialogue in a film.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

secondary or explanatory title

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: title

5

noun

Meaning 5

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

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: caption

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: translation, interlingual rendition, rendering, version

6

verb

Meaning 6

supply (a movie) with subtitles

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: supply, provide, render, furnish

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *upó Proto-Italic *supo Latin sub Latin sub-der. English sub- Etruscanbor.? Latin titulusbor. Old English titul Middle English title English title English subtitle From sub- + title.

Across languages

Translations

167 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: عَنَاوِين فَرْعِيَّة (ʕanāwīn farʕiyya) — heading below a title
  • Arabic: عُنْوَان فَرْعِيّ (ʕunwān farʕiyy) — heading below a title
  • Azerbaijani: altbaşlıq — heading below a title
  • Belarusian: падзагало́вак (padzahalóvak) — heading below a title
  • Bulgarian: подзагла́вие (podzaglávie) — heading below a title
  • Catalan: subtítol — heading below a title
  • Chinese Mandarin: 副標題 /副标题 (fù biāotí) — heading below a title
  • Czech: podtitul — heading below a title
  • Danish: undertekst — heading below a title
  • Esperanto: subteksto — heading below a title
  • Estonian: alapealkiri — heading below a title
  • Finnish: alaotsikko — heading below a title
  • French: sous-titre — heading below a title
  • Galician: subtítulo — heading below a title
  • Georgian: ქვესათაური (kvesatauri) — heading below a title
  • German: Untertitel — heading below a title
  • Greek: υπότιτλος (ypótitlos) — heading below a title
  • Hebrew: כּוֹתֶרֶת מִשְׁנֶה — heading below a title
  • Hungarian: alcím — heading below a title
  • Icelandic: undirtitill — heading below a title
  • Icelandic: undirfyrirsögn — heading below a title
  • Icelandic: aukafyrirsögn — heading below a title
  • Indonesian: judul bawah — heading below a title
  • Indonesian: subjudul — heading below a title
  • Irish: fotheideal — heading below a title
  • Italian: sottotitolo — heading below a title
  • Lithuanian: paantraštė — heading below a title
  • Macedonian: поднаслов (podnaslov) — heading below a title
  • Malay: subtajuk — heading below a title
  • Māori: kupu hauraro — heading below a title
  • Norwegian Bokmål: undertittel — heading below a title
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: undertittel — heading below a title
  • Polish: podtytuł — heading below a title
  • Portuguese: subtítulo — heading below a title
  • Russian: подзаголо́вок (podzagolóvok) — heading below a title
  • Scottish Gaelic: fo-thiotal — heading below a title
  • Slovene: podnaslov — heading below a title
  • Spanish: subtítulo — heading below a title
  • Spanish: título seccional / menor — heading below a title
  • Swedish: undertitel — heading below a title
  • Tamil: துணை தலைப்ப (tuṇai talaippa) — heading below a title
  • Ukrainian: підзаголо́вок (pidzaholóvok) — heading below a title
  • Walloon: sortite — heading below a title
  • Walloon: dizo-tite — heading below a title
  • Welsh: isteitl — heading below a title
  • Afrikaans: onderskrifte — textual versions of the dialog in films
  • Afrikaans: onderskrift — textual versions of the dialog in films
  • Albanian: titra — textual versions of the dialog in films
  • Arabic: تَرْجَمَة (tarjama) — textual versions of the dialog in films
  • Arabic: سَتْرَجَة (satraja) — textual versions of the dialog in films
  • Arabic: تَرْجَمة (tarjama) — textual versions of the dialog in films
  • Armenian: ենթագիր (entʻagir) — textual versions of the dialog in films
  • Azerbaijani: altyazı — textual versions of the dialog in films
  • Basque: azpititulu — textual versions of the dialog in films
  • Belarusian: субці́тры (subcítry) — textual versions of the dialog in films
  • Belarusian: субты́тры (subtýtry) — textual versions of the dialog in films
  • Bengali: উপাখ্যা (upakkha) — textual versions of the dialog in films
  • Bulgarian: субти́три (subtítri) — textual versions of the dialog in films
  • Bulgarian: на́дписи (nádpisi) — textual versions of the dialog in films
  • Catalan: subtítol — textual versions of the dialog in films
  • Catalan: subtítols — textual versions of the dialog in films
  • Chinese Cantonese: 字幕 (zi6 mok6) — textual versions of the dialog in films
  • Chinese Mandarin: 字幕 (zìmù) — textual versions of the dialog in films
  • Czech: titulek — textual versions of the dialog in films
  • Czech: titulky — textual versions of the dialog in films
  • Danish: undertekst — textual versions of the dialog in films
  • Dutch: ondertiteling — textual versions of the dialog in films
  • Dutch: ondertitel — textual versions of the dialog in films
  • Esperanto: subtitulo — textual versions of the dialog in films
  • Esperanto: subtituloj — textual versions of the dialog in films
  • Estonian: subtiiter — textual versions of the dialog in films
  • Finnish: tekstitys — textual versions of the dialog in films
  • French: sous-titre — textual versions of the dialog in films
  • Galician: subtítulo — textual versions of the dialog in films
  • Galician: lexenda — textual versions of the dialog in films
  • Georgian: სუბტიტრი (subṭiṭri) — textual versions of the dialog in films
  • German: Untertitel — textual versions of the dialog in films
  • Greek: υπότιτλος (ypótitlos) — textual versions of the dialog in films
  • Greek: υπότιτλοι (ypótitloi) — textual versions of the dialog in films
  • Hebrew: כְּתוּבִית (ktuvít) — textual versions of the dialog in films
  • Hindi: उपशीर्षक (upśīrṣak) — textual versions of the dialog in films
  • Hindi: सबटाइटल (sabṭāiṭal) — textual versions of the dialog in films
  • Hungarian: felirat — textual versions of the dialog in films
  • Icelandic: texti — textual versions of the dialog in films
  • Icelandic: kvikmyndatexti — textual versions of the dialog in films
  • Indonesian: teks — textual versions of the dialog in films
  • Indonesian: subjudul — textual versions of the dialog in films
  • Indonesian: subtitel — textual versions of the dialog in films
  • Indonesian: takarir — textual versions of the dialog in films
  • Indonesian: sulih teks — textual versions of the dialog in films
  • Irish: fotheideal — textual versions of the dialog in films
  • Irish: fotheidil — textual versions of the dialog in films
  • Italian: sottotitolo — textual versions of the dialog in films
  • Japanese: 字幕 (jimaku) — textual versions of the dialog in films
  • Kazakh: субтитр (subtitr) — textual versions of the dialog in films
  • Korean: 자막 (jamak) — textual versions of the dialog in films
  • Northern Kurdish: binnivîs — textual versions of the dialog in films
  • Kyrgyz: субтитр (subtitr) — textual versions of the dialog in films
  • Latvian: subtītrs — textual versions of the dialog in films
  • Latvian: subtītri — textual versions of the dialog in films
  • Lithuanian: subtitras — textual versions of the dialog in films
  • Macedonian: титл (titl) — textual versions of the dialog in films
  • Macedonian: титлови (titlovi) — textual versions of the dialog in films
  • Macedonian: превод (prevod) — textual versions of the dialog in films
  • Macedonian: толкување (tolkuvanje) — textual versions of the dialog in films
  • Malay: sari kata — textual versions of the dialog in films
  • Māori: kupu hauraro — textual versions of the dialog in films
  • Norwegian Bokmål: undertekst — textual versions of the dialog in films
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: undertekst — textual versions of the dialog in films
  • Iranian Persian: زیرْنِویس (zirnevis) — textual versions of the dialog in films
  • Polish: napis — textual versions of the dialog in films
  • Polish: napisy — textual versions of the dialog in films
  • Portuguese: legenda — textual versions of the dialog in films
  • Romanian: subtitlu — textual versions of the dialog in films
  • Russian: субти́тр (subtítr) — textual versions of the dialog in films
  • Russian: субти́тры (subtítry) — textual versions of the dialog in films
  • Scottish Gaelic: fo-thiotal — textual versions of the dialog in films
  • Serbo-Croatian: тѝтл — textual versions of the dialog in films
  • Serbo-Croatian: тѝтлови — textual versions of the dialog in films
  • Serbo-Croatian: tìtl — textual versions of the dialog in films
  • Serbo-Croatian: tìtlovi — textual versions of the dialog in films
  • Slovak: titulok — textual versions of the dialog in films
  • Slovak: titulky — textual versions of the dialog in films
  • Slovene: podnapis — textual versions of the dialog in films
  • Slovene: podnapisi — textual versions of the dialog in films
  • Spanish: subtítulo — textual versions of the dialog in films
  • Spanish: subtítulos — textual versions of the dialog in films
  • Swahili: mada ndogo — textual versions of the dialog in films
  • Swedish: textremsa — textual versions of the dialog in films
  • Swedish: undertext — textual versions of the dialog in films
  • Tajik: субтитр (subtitr) — textual versions of the dialog in films
  • Tajik: субтитрҳо (subtitrho) — textual versions of the dialog in films
  • Tatar: субтитр (subtitr) — textual versions of the dialog in films
  • Thai: บทบรรยายใต้ภาพ (bòt-ban-yaai-dtâi-pâap) — textual versions of the dialog in films
  • Tibetan: སྐད་ཆ་སྒྱུར་ཡིག (skad cha sgyur yig) — textual versions of the dialog in films
  • Turkish: altyazı — textual versions of the dialog in films
  • Ukrainian: субти́три (subtýtry) — textual versions of the dialog in films
  • Urdu: ذَیلِی عُنْوَان (zailī 'unvān) — textual versions of the dialog in films
  • Urdu: سَب ٹائِٹَل (sab ṭāiṭal) — textual versions of the dialog in films
  • Uzbek: taglavha — textual versions of the dialog in films
  • Uzbek: subtitr — textual versions of the dialog in films
  • Vietnamese: phụ đề — textual versions of the dialog in films
  • Vietnamese: sub — textual versions of the dialog in films
  • Walloon: sortite — textual versions of the dialog in films
  • Welsh: isteitl — textual versions of the dialog in films
  • Yiddish: אונטערטיטלען (untertitlen) — textual versions of the dialog in films
  • Arabic: تَرْجَمَ (tarjama) — to create subtitles
  • Arabic: تَرْجَم (tarjam) — to create subtitles
  • Catalan: subtitular — to create subtitles
  • Cornish: istitla — to create subtitles
  • Czech: otitulkovat — to create subtitles
  • Finnish: tekstittää — to create subtitles
  • French: sous-titrer — to create subtitles
  • Galician: lexendar — to create subtitles
  • Galician: subtitular — to create subtitles
  • German: untertiteln — to create subtitles
  • Greek: υποτιτλίζω (ypotitlízo) — to create subtitles
  • Icelandic: texta — to create subtitles
  • Irish: fotheidealaigh — to create subtitles
  • Italian: sottotitolare — to create subtitles
  • Macedonian: титлува (titluva) — to create subtitles
  • Macedonian: толкува (tolkuva) — to create subtitles
  • Portuguese: legendar — to create subtitles
  • Spanish: subtitular — to create subtitles
  • Swedish: texta — to create subtitles
  • Vietnamese: sub — to create subtitles
  • Welsh: isteitlo — to create subtitles
Real reading context

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