SURTITLE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does surtitle mean? 

• SURTITLE (noun)
  The noun SURTITLE has 1 sense:

1. translation of the words of a foreign opera (or choral work) projected on a screen above the stage

  Familiarity information: SURTITLE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SURTITLE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Translation of the words of a foreign opera (or choral work) projected on a screen above the stage

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

supertitle; surtitle

Hypernyms ("surtitle" is a kind of...):

interlingual rendition; rendering; translation; version (a written communication in a second language having the same meaning as the written communication in a first language)

Holonyms ("surtitle" is a part of...):

opera (a drama set to music; consists of singing with orchestral accompaniment and an orchestral overture and interludes)