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intertitle

intertitle noun: a piece of static text inserted into the film to provide context or other information.

intertitle: a piece of static text inserted into the film to provide context or other information
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Noun

intertitle (plural intertitles)

  1. A piece of static text inserted into the film to provide context or other information.
    • The film made frequent use of intertitles: every scene change was accompanied by text describing the new location.
    • For quotations using this term, see Citations:intertitle.

Verb

intertitle (third-person singular simple present intertitles, present participle intertitling, simple past and past participle intertitled)

  1. To insert text into a film in this way.

Synonyms of intertitle

Forms of intertitle

Noun
pluralintertitles
Verb
third-person singular presentintertitles
present participleintertitling
past participleintertitled
pastintertitled

Origin of intertitle

From inter- + title.

Questions about intertitle

What does intertitle mean?
Intertitle means a piece of static text inserted into the film to provide context or other information.
What part of speech is intertitle?
Intertitle can be a noun or a verb.
What is the plural of intertitle?
The plural of intertitle is intertitles.

Words near intertitle in the dictionary

  1. intertilling
  2. intertills
  3. intertissue
  4. intertissued
  5. intertissular
  6. intertitle
  7. intertitled
  8. intertitles
  9. intertitling
  10. intertitular
  11. intertone

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