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/su.ti.tʁaʒ/
Translation
subtitling
Word origin
A compound of sous ('under') and titre ('title'), with the noun ending -age that marks a process or activity. The word entered French with the cinema, naming the captions printed under the picture.
- Origin
- French
- Root
- sous + titre
- English cognates
- subtitle, title
Grammar
Examples
-titrage .
The subtitling of this film took three months.
-titrage .
She has worked in subtitling for ten years.
-titrage .
The channel offers subtitling for deaf people.
-titrage au doublage.
I prefer subtitling to dubbing.
-titrage .
Bad subtitling can ruin a good series.
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