sub ‧ ti ‧ tle /ˈsʌbˌtaɪtl/ BrE AmE 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 subtitles
2 . [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