subtitle in English: Words at the bottom of a screen that show what the people in a film are saying. (noun)

Translation

Words at the bottom of a screen that show what the people in a film are saying.

Word origin

From the Latin prefix sub, meaning under, plus title; subtitles sit under the picture on the screen.

Gender

Pluralsubtitles

films .

We usually use the plural because a film has many lines of them.

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Subtitles appear and disappear as people speak.

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"Turn on" and "turn off" are the verbs we use for subtitles.

film

A story told in moving pictures. It is the usual British word for a movie.

screen

The flat surface on a television, a phone or a computer where you see pictures and words.

word

A sound or group of letters that has a meaning when you say or write it.

read

To look at written words and understand what they mean.

language

The words people use to speak and write to each other.

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