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subtitling

subtitling is the present participle and gerund of subtitle.

Meaning of subtitle

Verb

subtitle (third-person singular simple present subtitles, present participle subtitling, simple past and past participle subtitled)

  1. To create subtitles for the dialogue in a film.

See all 3 meanings of subtitle

Noun

subtitling (countable and uncountable, plural subtitlings)

  1. The addition of subtitles to a work.
    • New genres are thus emerging as a consequence of foreign text dubbings (and subtitlings). Some original cartoons and films are also based on dubbings of foreign cartoons and films.2013, Carmen Millan-Varela, Francesca Bartrina, The Routledge Handbook of Translation Studies

Forms of subtitling

pluralsubtitlings

Questions about subtitling

What does subtitling mean?
Subtitling means the addition of subtitles to a work.
What is subtitling the present participle and gerund of?
Subtitling is the present participle and gerund of subtitle.
What part of speech is subtitling?
Subtitling is a noun.
What is the plural of subtitling?
The plural of subtitling is subtitlings.

Words near subtitling in the dictionary

  1. subtitle
  2. subtitled
  3. subtitler
  4. subtitlers
  5. subtitles
  6. subtitling
  7. subtitlings
  8. subtitlist
  9. subtitlists
  10. subtitular
  11. subtle

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Adapted from Wiktionary: subtitling (page history and authors); subtitle (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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