intertitle

English

Etymology

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

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