subtitle

noun/ˈsʌbˌtaɪtəl/

Frequency rank: #10,327 most common English word

Meaning

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

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Example sentence

The foreign film was easier to understand because it had English subtitle at the bottom of the screen.

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