subtitle

Universal Words noun, verb noun 1 [usuallypl.] words that translate what is said in a film/movie into a different language and appear on the screen at the bottom. Subtitles are also used, especially on television, to help DEAF people (= people who cannot hear well): a Polish film with English subtitles * Is the film dubbed or are there subtitles? * This programme will be broadcast with subtitles for the hard of hearing. 2 a second title of a book that appears after the main title and gives more information verb [usuallypassive] to give a subtitle or subtitles to a book, film/movie, etc: [VN] a Spanish film subtitled in English * [VN-N] The book is subtitled 'New language for new times'. compareDUB