Definition

1. Noun:

   • A secondary or explanatory title: A word or phrase that appears below the main title of a book, article, or other work, providing additional clarification or context.
   • A text translation or transcription: The printed text that appears at the bottom of a screen in a film, television program, or video, translating the dialogue or transcribing the spoken words.

2. Verb:

   • To provide with subtitles: The action of adding textual translations or transcriptions to a visual media production.

Examples

• Noun:

  • The book's main title was "Echoes," with the subtitle "A Journey Through Memory."
  • I watched the French film with English subtitles so I could understand the dialogue.

• Verb:

  • The studio will subtitle the documentary in ten different languages for its international release.

Advanced Usage

• "Subtitle" as a descriptive label: In academic or formal writing, a subtitle can be used to specify the scope or focus of a work.
  • Her thesis had the lengthy subtitle "An Analysis of 21st-Century Urban Development Patterns."

Variants and Related Words

• Subtitled (adj): Describing a film or program that has been provided with subtitles.
  • We saw the subtitled version of the movie.
• Subtitling (n): The process or profession of creating subtitles.
  • She works in subtitling for a major streaming service.

Synonyms

• Noun: Caption, translation, legend, secondary title.
• Verb: Caption, transcribe.

Related Phrases

• "Closed captioning": A system for displaying subtitles that can be turned on or off by the viewer, often including descriptions of non-dialogue audio for the hearing impaired. While related, this is a specific technical term and not a direct synonym for "subtitle."

Noun

1. secondary or explanatory title
2. translation of foreign dialogue of a movie or TV program; usually displayed at the bottom of the screen

Verb

1. supply (a movie) with subtitles