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titular

/ˈtɪtjʊlə/US/ˈtɪt͡ʃəlɚ/

titular adjective: of, relating to, being, derived from, or having a title.

Adjective

titular (not comparable)

  1. Of, relating to, being, derived from, or having a title.
  2. Existing in name only; nominal.
    • If these magnific titles yet remain / Not merely titular.1667, John Milton, “Book V”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished...
  3. Named or referred to in the title.
    • Macbeth is a titular character.
    • That story begins in rural Wyoming in 1963, when drifters Ennis and Jack are hired by a local rancher to herd sheep through grazing ground on the titular Brokeback Mountain.2025 June 20, Nick Levine, “'In every theatre, people would leave': How 'gay cowboy movie' Brokeback Mountain challenged Hollywood – and the US”, in BBC, archived from the original on 02 Oct 2025

Noun

titular (plural titulars)

  1. One who holds a title.
  2. The person from whom a church takes its special name; distinguished from a patron, who must be canonized or an angel.

titular meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Malayalam and Kannada

titular in Tamil

பட்டமதிப்புப் பதவியாளர், பணிக்கடமையற்றுப் பட்டமட்டுமேயுடையவர், பெயர்மதிப்பு மானியவாணர், காப்பாண்மை அருட்புனிதர், திருக்கோயில் பெயர்க் காரண மூலவர், திருக்கோயில் பெபயர்க்காரண மூலச் செய்தி

titular in Urdu

referred to in the title
عنوانی 'nvānī

titular in Malayalam

in title only, in name only, nominal
നാമമാത്രമായ, നാമധാരകമായ, പേരുമാത്രമുള്ള, പേരിനുമാത്രമുള്ള, സ്ഥാനപ്പേരുമാത്രം ശേഷിച്ച, ഔപചാരിക
eponymous, identifying
പേരിൽനിന്നുണ്ടായ, പേരിലറിയപ്പെടുന്ന

titular in Kannada

ನಾಮಮಾತ್ರದ, ಹೆಸರಿಗೆ ಮಾತ್ರದ, ನಾಮಕಾವಾಸ್ತೆಯ
More languagesFewer languages
titular in Indonesian
tituler

Forms of titular

pluraltitulars

Origin of titular

Borrowed from Middle French titulaire, from Latin titulāris, from titulus (“title”).

Words formed from titular

Phrases with titular

Questions about titular

What does titular mean?
Titular means of, relating to, being, derived from, or having a title.
What is titular in Tamil?
Titular in Tamil is பட்டமதிப்புப் பதவியாளர், பணிக்கடமையற்றுப் பட்டமட்டுமேயுடையவர், பெயர்மதிப்பு மானியவாணர். See Titular meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is titular?
Titular can be an adjective or a noun.
How do you pronounce titular?
Titular is pronounced /ˈtɪtjʊlə/ (UK).

Words near titular in the dictionary

  1. titubates
  2. titubating
  3. titubation
  4. titubations
  5. Tituladoes
  6. titular
  7. titular bishop
  8. titular bishops
  9. titular church
  10. titular churches
  11. titular of the tithes

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: titular (page history and authors); titular (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); titular (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); titular (Kannada Wiktionary) (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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