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supertitles

British  
/ ˈsuːpəˌtaɪtəlz /

plural noun

  1. another word for surtitles

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Unlike in opera productions, there are no supertitles conveying the original English.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 12, 2026

The work, sung in English with Chinese supertitles, ran in Shanghai through Nov. 20.

From Reuters Nov. 21, 2023

Dec. 2-3 ‘La Virgen de Guadalupe, Dios Inantzin’ The Latino Theater Company presents this annual reenactment of the Virgin Mary’s visitations with peasant Juan Diego in 16th-century Mexico; in Spanish with English supertitles.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 29, 2022

A slight delay in the supertitles on Saturday had the audience best-guessing their German throughout the opening scene, in which all but one of Elektra’s maids hang around talking trash about their visibly traumatized mistress.

From Washington Post Oct. 30, 2022

Ludwig also retooled the supertitles that accompany the arias, which are sung in Italian, trying to give some of them “rhyme and rhythm,” as he put it.

From New York Times Jul. 17, 2022

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