title

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/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -aɪtəl
• Homophone: tidal (in accents with flapping)
• Hyphenation: ti‧tle

Noun

title (plural titles)

1. 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. See also Category:Titles
   • c. 1606 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Macbeth”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene ii]:

     Our bosom interest: go pronounce his present death
     With his former title greet Macbeth.

   • 1921, Ben Travers, chapter 1, in A Cuckoo in the Nest, Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, Page & Company, published 1925, →OCLC:

     He read the letter aloud. Sophia listened with the studied air of one for whom, even in these days, a title possessed some surreptitious allurement.

3. (property law) Legal right to ownership of a property; a deed or other certificate proving this.

   a good title to an estate, or an imperfect title

4. In canon law, that by which a beneficiary holds a benefice.
5. A church to which a priest was ordained, and where he was to reside.
6. The name of a book, film, musical piece, painting, or other work of art.

   I know the singer's name, but not the title of the song.

7. A publication.

   The retailer carries thousands of titles.

   Buyers of the new video game console can choose from three bundled titles.

8. A section or division of a subject, as of a law or a book.
9. (chiefly in the plural) A written title, credit, or caption shown with a film, video, or performance.

   The titles scrolled by too quickly to read.

10. (bookbinding) The panel for the name, between the bands of the back of a book.
11. The subject of a writing; a short phrase that summarizes the entire topic.
12. A division of an act of law

    Title II of the USA PATRIOT Act

13. (sports) The recognition given to the winner of a championship in sports.
    • 2012 May 13, Phil McNulty, “Man City 3-2 QPR”, in BBC Sport:

      With some City fans already leaving the stadium in tears, Edin Dzeko equalised in the second of five minutes of stoppage time before Sergio Aguero scored the goal that won the title.

    • 1997, David Kenneth Wiggins, Glory Bound: Black Athletes in a White America:

      Equally disadvantageous to Jackson was the fact that other than the Jacksonville Athletic Club and the National Sporting Club, virtually no organization was willing to sponsor a title fight between a black fighter and a white one.

14. (law, formal) A long title.
15. (law, informal) A short title.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:title

Derived terms

• abstract of title
• after-acquired title
• allodial title
• bastard title
• catch title
• chain of title
• clear title
• cloud of title
• cloud on title
• collective title
• color of title
• courtesy title
• covenant of title
• end titles
• entitle
• half title
• half-title
• job title
• junk title
• long title
• native title
• paramount title
• protected title
• running title
• salvage title
• short title
• strata title
• subtitle
• supertitle
• surtitle
• temple title
• title bar
• title card
• title case
• title character
• title company
• title deed
• title defect
• title loan
• title page
• title paramount
• title plan
• title policy
• title role
• title track
• Torrens title
• warranty of title
• working title

 

Descendants

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

Translations

prefix or suffix added to a name

• Arabic: لَقَب (ar) m (laqab)

  Hijazi Arabic: لَقَب m (lagab)

• Armenian: կոչում (hy) (kočʻum), տիտղոս (hy) (titġos)
• Belarusian: ты́тул m (týtul), зва́нне n (zvánnje)
• Bulgarian: титла (bg) f (titla)
• Catalan: títol (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 稱號／称号 (zh) (chēnghào)

• Corsican: tìtulu m
• Czech: titul (cs) m
• Danish: titel (da) c
• Dutch: titel (nl) m
• Esperanto: titolo (eo)
• Finnish: arvonimi (fi), titteli (fi) (colloquial)
• French: titre (fr) m
• Galician: título (gl) m
• Georgian: წოდება (c̣odeba), ტიტული (ka) (ṭiṭuli)
• German: Titel (de) m
• Greek: τίτλος (el) m (títlos)
• Hebrew: תואר כבוד, תואר \ תֹּאַר (he) m (tó'ar)
• Hindi: उपनाम (hi) m (upnām), कुलनाम m (kulnām)
• Hungarian: cím (hu), titulus (hu), beosztás (hu)
• Ido: titulo (io)
• Italian: titolo (it) m
• Japanese: 称号 (ja) (しょうごう, shōgō), 肩書き (ja) (かたがき, katagaki)
• Korean: 칭호(稱號) (ko) (chingho)
• Latin: titulus, nomen (la)
• Manx: ard-ennym m
• Nahuatl: totoch
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: tittel (no) m

  Nynorsk: tittel m

• Old Norse: nafn n
• Persian: لقب (fa) (laqab), پاژنامه sg (pāžnāme)
• Polish: tytuł (pl) m
• Portuguese: título (pt) m
• Romanian: titlu (ro) n
• Russian: ти́тул (ru) m (títul), (military) зва́ние (ru) n (zvánije)
• Slovak: titul
• Spanish: título (es)
• Thai: คำนำหน้าชื่อ (kam-num-nâa-chʉ̂ʉ), คำนำหน้านาม (kam-num-nâa-naam)
• Ukrainian: ти́тул m (týtul), звання́ n (zvannjá)
• Urdu: لقب (laqab)

right to ownership

• Bulgarian: право на собственост (pravo na sobstvenost)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 所有權／所有权 (zh) (suǒyǒuquán)

• Dutch: eigendomsrecht (nl) n
• Finnish: omistusoikeus (fi)
• German: Eigentumsrecht n
• Greek: κυριότητα (el) f (kyriótita)
• Hungarian: jogcím (hu), tulajdonjog (hu), cím (hu), jogosultság (hu), jogalap (hu)
• Indonesian: hak kebendaan (id), hak milik (id)
• Japanese: 所有権 (ja) (しょゆうけん, shoyūken)
• Malay: hak milik
• Maori: taitara
• Russian: пра́во со́бственности (ru) n (právo sóbstvennosti)
• Scottish Gaelic: còir f
• Spanish: tutela (es) f, título (es) m
• Thai: สิทธิ (th) (sìt-tí), กรรมสิทธิ์ (th) (gam-má-sìt)

certificate of ownership

• Catalan: títol (ca) m
• Dutch: eigendomsbewijs (nl) n, eigendomscertificaat n, titel (nl) m
• Finnish: kauppakirja (fi), luovutuskirja
• French: titre (fr) m
• German: Titel (de) m, Eigentumsnachweis m
• Greek: τίτλος κυριότητας m (títlos kyriótitas)
• Hungarian: jogcímigazolás
• Japanese: (possession) 所有証 (しょゆうしょう, shoyūshō), (qualification) 資格証 (しかくしょう, shikakushō)
• Maori: taitara
• Plautdietsch: Ieejendeemabewiess m
• Portuguese: título (pt) m

section or division of a subject, as a law, lawbook, etc

• Catalan: títol (ca) m
• Finnish: otsikko (fi)
• Spanish: título (es) m
• Thai: ลักษณะ (th) (lák-sà-nà)

name of a book, etc

• Afrikaans: titel (af)
• Arabic: عُنْوَان (ar) m (ʕunwān), عِنْوَان (ar) m (ʕinwān), اِسْم (ar) m (ism)
• Armenian: վերնագիր (hy) (vernagir), անուն (hy) (anun)
• Asturian: títulu (ast) m
• Basque: izenburu
• Belarusian: на́зва f (názva), ты́тул m (týtul)
• Bulgarian: назва́ние (bg) n (nazvánie), загла́вие (bg) n (zaglávie)
• Burmese: အမည် (my) (a.many)
• Catalan: títol (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 標題／标题 (zh) (biāotí), 書名／书名 (zh) (shūmíng)

• Czech: název (cs) m
• Danish: titel (da) c
• Dutch: titel (nl) m
• Finnish: nimi (fi), nimike (fi)
• French: titre (fr) m
• Galician: título (gl) m
• Georgian: სახელწოდება (saxelc̣odeba)
• German: Titel (de) m
• Greek: τίτλος (el) m (títlos)

  Ancient: τίτλος m (títlos), ἐπιγραφή f (epigraphḗ)

• Hebrew: כּוֹתָר (he) m (kotar)
• Hindi: शीर्षक (hi) m (śīrṣak), उनवान (hi) m (unvān), नाम (hi) m (nām)
• Hungarian: cím (hu)
• Indonesian: judul (id)
• Italian: titolo (it) m
• Japanese: 題名 (ja) (だいめい, daimei), 題 (ja) (だい, dai), 標題 (ja) (ひょうだい, hyōdai), タイトル (ja) (taitoru), 題目 (ja) (だいもく, daimoku)
• Khmer: ឈ្មោះ (km) (chmŭəh)
• Korean: 칭호(稱號) (ko) (chingho), 표제(標題) (ko) (pyoje), 표제(表題) (ko) (pyoje), 제목(題目) (ko) (jemok), 타이틀 (taiteul)
• Latin: titulus, nomen (la)
• Macedonian: наслов m (naslov)
• Malay: tajuk (ms)
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: гарчиг (mn) (garčig)

• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: tittel (no) m

  Nynorsk: tittel m

• Persian: عنوان (fa) ('onvân), تیتر (fa) (titr), نام (fa) (nâm), اسم (fa) (esm), ورنامه (fa) sg (varnāme)
• Polish: tytuł (pl) m, nazwa (pl) f
• Portuguese: título (pt) m
• Romanian: titlu (ro) n
• Russian: назва́ние (ru) n (nazvánije), загла́вие (ru) n (zaglávije), наименова́ние (ru) n (naimenovánije)
• Scottish Gaelic: tiotal m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: на́слов m

  Roman: náslov (sh) m

• Slovak: názov (sk) m
• Slovene: naslov (sl) m
• Sorbian:

  Lower Sorbian: napis m

• Spanish: título (es) m
• Swedish: titel (sv)
• Tajik: ном (tg) (nom), унвон (tg) (unvon), исм (tg) (ism)
• Thai: ชื่อเรื่อง (chʉ̂ʉ-rʉ̂ʉang), ชื่อ (th) (chʉ̂ʉ), นาม (th) (naam), ฉายา (th) (chǎa-yaa)
• Turkish: ad (tr)
• Ukrainian: на́зва (uk) f (názva)
• Urdu: عنوان (unwān), نام (ur) (nām), اسم (ur) (ism)
• Uzbek: nom (uz), ot (uz), ism (uz)
• Vietnamese: tên (vi), tên gọi (vi)
• Zulu: ibizo (zu) class 5/6

subject of a writing

• Armenian: խորագիր (hy) (xoragir)
• Belarusian: загало́вак m (zahalóvak)
• Bulgarian: загла́вие (bg) n (zaglávie)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 標題／标题 (zh) (biāotí), 書名／书名 (zh) (shūmíng)

• Finnish: otsikko (fi), aihe (fi)
• French: intitulé (fr) m
• German: Überschrift (de)
• Hungarian: cím (hu)
• Japanese: 見出し (ja) (みだし, midashi), 標題 (ja) (ひょうだい, hyōdai), 書名 (ja) (しょめい, shomei)
• Korean: 표제(標題) (ko) (pyoje), 표제(表題) (ko) (pyoje), 서명(書名) (ko) (seomyeong)
• Macedonian: заглавие n (zaglavie)
• Norwegian: overskrift (no)

  Bokmål: tittel (no) m

  Nynorsk: tittel m

• Polish: nagłówek (pl) m
• Russian: заголо́вок (ru) m (zagolóvok), загла́вие (ru) n (zaglávije)
• Scots: teetle
• Turkish: başlık (tr)
• Ukrainian: заголо́вок (uk) m (zaholóvok)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Dutch: ^{(please verify)} titel (nl) m
• Korean: ^{(please verify)} 제목 (ko) (jemok)
• Mandarin: ^{(please verify)} 標題／标题 (zh) (biāotí), ^{(please verify)} 标题 (zh) (biāotí)

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

the act of assigning a title

• Bulgarian: титулувам (tituluvam)
• Esperanto: titoli
• Finnish: antaa nimi (book, play, film, work of art, etc.), myöntää arvonimi (grant a (honorary) title)
• Italian: intitolare (it)
• Polish: tytułować (pl)
• Swedish: titulera (sv)

Chinese

Etymology

From English title.

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tai¹ tou⁴

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: tai¹ tou⁴
    • Yale: tāi tòuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tai¹ tou⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: tei¹ tou⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɐi̯⁵⁵ tʰou̯²¹/

Noun

title

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

References

• English Loanwords in Hong Kong Cantonese

German

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Verb

title

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