caption

Signification (Anglais)

Noun

1. The descriptive heading or title, of a document or part thereof.
2. A title or brief explanation attached to an illustration, cartoon, user interface element, etc.
3. A piece of text appearing on screen as a subtitle or other part of a film or broadcast, describing dialogue (and sometimes other sound) for viewers who cannot hear.
4. The section on an official paper (for example, as part of a seizure or capture) that describes when, where, and what was taken, found or executed, and who authorized the act.
5. (obsolete) A seizure or capture, especially of tangible property (chattel).
6. (Internet) A story that is embedded in a pre-existing image (sometimes with image manipulation)

Verb

1. To add captions to a text or illustration.
2. To add captions to a film or broadcast.

Concepts

légende

sous-titre

titre

en-tête

index

entête

légendes

sous-titrer

légender

Synonymes

heading

title

subtitle

legend

head

headline

style

interest rate cap

header

designation

degree

subtitles

index

inscription

label

🏷️

letterhead

logomachy

pedantry

position

quibble

rank

sophistication

supertitle

billhead

cutline

surtitle

tagline

heading line

cap option

strapline

according to

bill-head

appellation

as

cavil

credit

credits

description

elucidation

explanation

explication

exposition

in accordance with

Traductions

didascalia

subtítulo

legenda

Untertitel

Überschrift

sottotitolo

leyenda

Titel

onderschrift

opschrift

titolo

titel

intestazione

bijschrift

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈkæp.ʃən/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Appartenant à anglais: capture

Appartenant à moyen anglais: capcioun

In summary

Borrowed from Latin captiō (“deception, fraud”), from the past participle of capiō (“I take, I seize”) (English capture). Compare Middle English capcioun (“seizure, capture”).