title

English Online Dictionary. What means title‎? What does title mean?

English

Etymology

From Middle English title, titel, from Old English titul (“title, heading, superscription”), from Latin titulus (“title, inscription”). Doublet of tilde, titer/titre, titlo, tittle, and titulus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtaɪ.təl/
• Rhymes: -aɪtəl
• Homophone: tidal (in accents with flapping)
• Hyphenation: ti‧tle

Noun

title (plural titles)

1. The name of a film, musical piece, painting, or other work of art.
2. The name of a writing such as a book, which identifies it and usually describes its subject, with a short phrase that often summarizes its topic.
3. (by extension) A publication.

4. (by extension) A section or division of a writing, as of an act of law or a book.

6. An appellation given to a person or family to signify either veneration, official position, social rank, the possession of assets or properties, or a professional or academic qualification; a style. (For examples, see :Category:en:Titles.)
8. (property law) Legal right to ownership of a property; a deed or other certificate proving this.

9. In canon law, that by which a beneficiary holds a benefice.
10. A church to which a priest was ordained, and where he was to reside.
11. (chiefly in the plural) A written title, credit, or caption shown with a film, video, or performance.

12. (sports) The recognition given to the winner of a championship in sports.
13. (bookbinding) The panel for the name, between the bands of the back of a book.
14. (law, formal) A long title.
15. (law, informal) A short title.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:title

Derived terms

Descendants

• ⇒ Wu: 抬頭 / 抬头 (⁶de-deu)
• → Japanese: タイトル (taitoru)
• → Korean: 타이틀 (taiteul)
• → Welsh: teitl

Translations

Verb

title (third-person singular simple present titles, present participle titling, simple past and past participle titled)

1. (transitive) To assign a title to; to entitle.

Translations

Chinese

Etymology

From English title.

Pronunciation

Noun

title

1. (Hong Kong Cantonese) title; appellation; (especially) job title

References

• English Loanwords in Hong Kong Cantonese

German

Pronunciation

Verb

title

1. inflection of titeln:
   1. first-person singular present
   2. first/third-person singular subjunctive I
   3. singular imperative