title
English
/ˈtaɪtl̩/
noun
Definitions
- A prefix (honorific) or suffix (post-nominal) added to a person's name to signify either veneration, official position or a professional or academic qualification. See also :
- (legal) Legal right to ownership of a property; a deed or other certificate proving this.
- In canon law, that by which a beneficiary holds a benefice.
- A church to which a priest was ordained, and where he was to reside.
- The name of a book, film, musical piece, painting, or other work of art.
- A publication.
- A section or division of a subject, as of a law or a book.
- (mostly) A written title, credit, or caption shown with a film, video, or performance.
- (bookbinding) The panel for the name, between the bands of the back of a book.
- The subject of a writing; a short phrase that summarizes the entire topic.
- A division of an act of law
- (sports) The recognition given to the winner of a championship in sports.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English title inherited from Old English titul (title, superscription, heading) derived from Latin titulus (title, inscription, superscript, label).
Origin
Latin
titulus
Gloss
title, inscription, superscript, label
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- betitle English
- case English
- distitle English
- holder English
- holding English
- intertitle English
- mistitle English
- multititle English
- nontitle English
- overtitle English
- retitle English
- subtitle English
- subtitler English
- supertitle English
- titlecase English
- titleholder English
- titleholding English
- titleless English
- titlelessness English
- titler English
- titlist English
- titulus English
- titularis Latin
- titulus Latin
- titulāre Latin
- titolo Italian
- titrer French
- титул Russian
- tilde Spanish, Castilian
- título Spanish, Castilian
- tittel Norwegian Bokmål
- título Portuguese
- タイトル Japanese
- チルダ Japanese
- tytuł Polish
- tittel Norwegian Nynorsk
- titul Old English
- title Middle English
- titull Old Norse
- titel Danish
- title Old French
- titre Old French
- títol Catalan, Valencian
- título Galician
- isteitl Welsh
- teitl Welsh
- titul Old High German
- թուղթ Old Armenian
- titul Old Irish
- entituler Middle French
- טיטל Yiddish
- 타이틀 Korean
- tille Old Occitan