intertitle

English

Intertitle of The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920)

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₁én

Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér

Proto-Italic *n̥ter

Latin inter

Latin inter-bor.

English inter-

Etruscanbor.?

Latin titulusbor.

Old English titul

Middle English title

English title

English intertitle

From inter- + title.

Noun

intertitle (plural intertitles)

1. (cinematography) A piece of static text inserted into the film to provide context or other information.

   Synonyms: title card, (dated) leader, (dated) subtitle

   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.

Translations

cinematography: piece of static text inserted into a film

• Dutch: tussentitel m
• Finnish: väliteksti
• Spanish: intertítulo m

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.

Further reading

• intertitle on Wikipedia.Wikipedia