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masculine

/su.ti.tʁaʒ/

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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

Gendermasculine
Pluralsous-titrages

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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This word is part of lesson 35.