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