SUBTITLE


Meaning of SUBTITLE in English

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

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English.      Longman - Словарь современного английского языка.