title
The name of a film, musical piece, painting, or other work of art.
Example
“I know the singer's name, but not the title of the song.”
Other meanings
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.
A published piece of media.
“The retailer carries thousands of titles.”
Related words
- betitle
- distitle
- intertitle
- multititle
- nontitle
- overtitle
- titlecase
- titleholder
- titleholding
- titleless
- titler
- titlist
Word history
From Latin "titulus" (title, inscription).
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “title” on Wiktionary, by its contributors, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.