surtitle

From French sur (“over, above”), from Latin super, + title, from Latin titulum.

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɜː(ɹ)taɪtəl/

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surtitle (plural surtitles)

1. A translation of a segment of the libretto or other text or sometimes a brief summary of the plot projected onto a screen above the stage during a performance of an opera or other similar performance sung in a foreign language; a supertitle.

• supertitle

• subtitle
• super
• title

surtitle (third-person singular simple present surtitles, present participle surtitling, simple past and past participle surtitled)

1. To provide surtitles for a performance.

• supertitle

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