subtitle

noun/ˈsʌbˌtaɪtəl/

Frequency rank: #10,327 of 20,003 in the WORDED list (wordfreq data)

Meaning

text displayed at the bottom of a screen that translates or transcribes the dialogue of a film or video.

Illustration for the English word “subtitle”

Example sentence

The foreign film was easier to follow because each English subtitle appeared at the bottom of the screen.

Synonyms & related words

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