Subtitle

Definition: Subtitle

Subtitle

Noun

1. Translation of foreign dialogue of a movie or TV program; usually displayed at the bottom of the screen.

2. Secondary or explanatory title.

Verb

1. Supply with subtitles, as of a movie.

Date "subtitle" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1912. (references)

Domain	Definition
Computing	Word or phrase completing the title proper of a document appearing on the title page. Source: European Union. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

In printed material, a subtitle is an explanatory or alternate title. For example, Mary Shelley used a subtitle to give her most famous novel, Frankenstein; or, the Modern Prometheus, an alternate title. Subtitles often appear below the title in a less prominent typeface or following the title after a colon.

In films, subtitles are textual versions of the film's dialog appearing at the bottom of the screen. Typically films are subtitled to provide a translation of a film's dialog, but subtitles are not the only way to do this. Many foreign films are made available to the public in two formats - dubbed and subtitled. Some connoisseurs prefer subtitles because they believe that it is more important to hear the original words and tone of voice of the actors than to see the full view of the film as the director intended it to be.

Sometimes, when no subtitled copy of a film has been produced (yet), subtitles are shown on a separate display below the screen. An advantage is that nothing of the film image is lost, the disadvantage is that there is more distance between the center of the screen and the subtitles, making it more difficult to see everything at once, without directing the eyes up and down all the time.

Optionally appearing subtitles, especially on television, are closed captions.

Synonyms: Subtitle

Synonyms: caption (n), subhead (n). (additional references)

Domain	Title
Books	H.R. 776, the Comprehensive National Energy Policy Act, Title I, Subtitle B, and Title III : joint hearing before the Environment, Energy, and Natural Resources Subcommittee, the Information [i.e. Government Information], Justice, and Agriculture Subcommi (reference) In Search of a Child: 10 Subtitle (reference) Subtitle C: Nursing Home Reform of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1987 (No 40 903B) (reference) (more book examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Speaker	Term	Phrase(s)
Jimmy Carter	1977-1981	Regulations implementing subtitle C of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act were issued.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

"Subtitle" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 90.20% of the time. "Subtitle" is used about 51 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (singular)	90.2%	46	50,285
Lexical Verb (infinitive)	7.84%	4	175,879
Lexical Verb (base form)	1.96%	1	339,140
Total	100.00%	51	N/A

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Language		Translations for "subtitle"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		subtitër, nëntitull (heading, subhead, subheading). (various references)

Arabic		‏وضع حاشية مترجمة للفلم, ‏ترجمة في جسم الفيلم, ‏عنوان فرعي (caption, subhead, subheading), ‏عنوان جانبي, ‏جعل له عنوان فرعي, ‏الحاشية السينمائية (subtitling). (various references)

Bulgarian		субтитър, подзаглавие (cross heading, subhead, subheading). (various references)

Chinese		副� �题, 小標題 (closed-captioning). (various references)

Czech		titulek (caption, headline), podtitulek, podtitul (subheading). (various references)

Danish		undertitel, undertekst (caption, cutline, legend). (various references)

Dutch		ondertitel (subheading), aanbrengen van onderschriften. (various references)

Finnish		alanimeke (avant-titre). (various references)

French		sous-titrer, sous-titre (subhead, subheading). (various references)

German		Untertitel (caption, subhead, subheading, subtitles). (various references)

Greek		υπότιτλοσ (subhead, subheading), υπότιτλος. (various references)

Hebrew		תר�'ום ב�'וף סרט, כתובית, כותרת מש� �" (subcaption, subheading). (various references)

Hungarian		alcím (subhead, sub-head, subheading, sub-heading), filmfelirat. (various references)

Italian		sottotitolo (subheading). (various references)

Japanese Kanji		補題 , 見出し (caption, heading, index), 字幕 (title), 副見出し , 副題 (subheading), 小見出し (subheading), 傍題 , サフラン�"� (knapsack), minor characters, sabot, sabotage, Sabrina pants, sand, sub, sub notebook, sub promenade, sub reader, sub sack, subbank, subculture, subdomain, sub-goal, sub-graph, subhead, subject, subleader, sublet, subliminal ad, submanager, submarine, submarine pitcher, sub-menu, subnet, subnetting, sub-network, sub-pattern, sub-process, subroutine, sub-set, substance, substitute, sub-system, subteen, subtrack, subway, supplement, supplier, supply, to be idle, to be truant, to sabotage by slowness, zephyr lily). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		ぼう� い (bulky, enormous, expansion, extensive, huge, swelling), ふくみ� し, ふく� い (subheading), ほ� い, �"み� し (subheading), サブタイトル , じまく (title), み� し (caption, heading, index). (various references)

Korean		부� �. (various references)

Pig Latin		ubtitlesay

Portuguese		subtítulo (caption, cross heading, subheading). (various references)

Russian		подзаголовок (subhead, subheading). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		titl, podnaslov (subheading). (various references)

Spanish		subtítulo (caption, cross heading, subhead, subheading). (various references)

Swedish		undertitel. (various references)

Turkish		ikinci başlık, altyazı yazmak, altyazı (caption). (various references)

Ukrainian		субтитр, підзаголовок (crossheading, subhead, subheading). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Derivations
	Words beginning with "subtitle": subtitled, subtitles. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Subtitle" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: submitle, submittle, subtil, subtile, subtitler, surtitle. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "subtitle" (pronounced su"btī'tul)
3	-t u l	accidental, acquittal, anecdotal, artiodactyl, battle, beetle, belittle, betel, bicoastal, bottle, brattle, Bristol, brittle, brutal, butyl, Cantle, capital, Capitol, cattle, chattel, chortle, coastal, coincidental, committal, compartmental, congenital, consonantal, continental, crustal, crystal, dental, detrimental, developmental, digital, disgruntle, dismantle, distal, ductile, elemental, embattle, entitle, environmental, experimental, extramarital, fatal, fertile, fetal, fractal, frontal, fundamental, futile, genital, gentle, glottal, governmental, horizontal, hospital, hostel, hostile, hurtle, immortal, immotile, incidental, incremental, infantile, infertile, instrumental, intercontinental, intergovernmental, judgmental, kettle, Kittel, Kittle, lentil, lintel, little, mantel, mantle, marital, mental, metal, mettle, monumental, mortal, motile, Myrtle, Natal, neonatal, nettle, noncommittal, nonfatal, nongovernmental, nonvolatile, occidental, occipital, orbital, oriental, ornamental, parental, parietal, pedestal, periodontal, petal, Pistil, pistol, pivotal, portal, postal, postnatal, Pottle, prattle, prefrontal, premarital, prenatal, projectile, quintal, rattle, rebuttal, recital, rectal, regimental, rental, resettle, scuttle, sentimental, settle, shuttle, skeletal, skittle, societal, spittle, startle, subtle, supplemental, tactile, tattle, temperamental, throttle, title, tittle, tootle, total, transcendental, transcontinental, transmittal, turtle, unsentimental, unsettle, unsubtle, varietal, vegetal, versatile, vestal, vital, vittle, volatile, Whittle, Wintle.
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "b-e-i-l-s-t-t-u"
	-1 letter: butties, subtile.
	-2 letters: blites, bluest, bluets, bustle, butles, buttes, lutist, sublet, subtle, titles, tubist.
	-3 letters: belts, biles, bites, bitts, blest, blets, blite, blues, bluet, built, butes, butle, butte, butts, etuis, ileus, islet, istle, lieus, lubes, lutes, stile, stilt, suite, tiles, tilts, title, tubes, tules, utile.
	-4 letters: bels, belt, best, bets, bile, bise, bite, bits.
	Words containing the letters "b-e-i-l-s-t-t-u"
	+1 letter: subtilest, subtitled, subtitles.
	+2 letters: litterbugs, oubliettes, spittlebug, stubbliest, subletting, subtilties, subtleties, tribulates.
	+3 letters: brutalities, bullshitted, butterflies, buttermilks, spittlebugs, subliterate.
	+4 letters: beautifulest, cutabilities, destructible, mutabilities, subsatellite, tolbutamides, tunabilities.
	+5 letters: constructible, obstructively, quotabilities, sublieutenant, subliterature, subsatellites, substantively, substitutable, suitabilities.
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divx subtitle	607	matrix subtitle	21
download subtitle	101	studio subtitle	20
subtitle dvd	91	divx subtitle subtitle	19
displayer divx subtitle	71	subtitle svcd	18
movie subtitle	55	converter subtitle	16
hypercube subtitle	45	hebrew subtitle	16
matrix reloaded subtitle	43	spanish subtitle	16
player subtitle	37	download movie subtitle	15
editor subtitle	34	anime subtitle	14
divx player subtitle	33	finnish subtitle	14
divx download subtitle	29	add subtitle	13
hulk subtitle	26	divx subtitle swedish	13
subtitle workshop	26	subtitle tool	13
english subtitle	25	displayer subtitle	12
subtitle swedish	24	avi subtitle	12
vcd subtitle	24	srt subtitle	12
almighty bruce subtitle	24	animatrix subtitle	12
greek subtitle	21	divx greek subtitle	12
arabic subtitle	21	subtitle xvid	11
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Subtitle

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Subtitle

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Derivations & Misspellings: Subtitle

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Rhyming with "Subtitle"

Anagrams: Subtitle

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

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