sub‧ti‧tle /ˈsʌbˌtaɪtl/
noun [
Word Family: noun:
title,
subtitle, subtitles,
entitlement;
verb:
entitle,
subtitle;
adjective:
titled,
subtitled]
1. subtitles [plural] the words printed over a film in a foreign language to translate what is being said by the actors:
a French film with English subtitles2. [singular] a second title below the main title in a book, which gives more information about what is in the book, show etc:
The opera’s subtitle is ‘The School for Lovers’. The book is subtitled ‘A Psychology of Masculinity’.—subtitle verb [intransitive and transitive]—subtitled adjective:
a subtitled version of the film [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲