titular en · ADJ
Pronunciation
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- /ˈtɪtjʊlə/ (UK)
- /ˈtɪt͡ʃəlɚ/ (US)
Etymology
Etymology tree Etruscanbor.? Latin titulus Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin -āris Latin titulārisder. Middle French titulairebor. English titular Borrowed from Middle French titulaire, from Latin titulāris, from titulus (“title”).
Meanings
- (not-comparable) Of, relating to, being, derived from, or having a title.
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(not-comparable) Existing in name only; nominal.
If these magnific titles yet remain / Not merely titular.
1667, John Milton, “Book V”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC:
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(not-comparable) Named or referred to in the title.
Macbeth is a titular character.
That story begins in rural Wyoming in 1963, when drifters Ennis and Jack are hired by a local rancher to herd sheep through grazing ground on the titular Brokeback Mountain.
2025 June 20, Nick Levine, “'In every theatre, people would leave': How 'gay cowboy movie' Brokeback Mountain challenged Hollywood – and the US”, in BBC, archived from the original on 02 Oct 2025:
Deriveds
titular bishop · intertitular · titularity · nontitular · multititular · titular church · subtitular · unititular · untitular · cotitular · titularly · titularize · titular see
Translations (25)
fr titulaire (of a title) · fr titulaire (nominal) · ur عنوانی (referred to in the title) · mk номина́лен (nominal) · de Titular- (nominal) · es titular (of a title) · de Namens- (referred to in the title) · pl tytularny (nominal) · de nominell (nominal) · fr nominal (nominal) · nl nominaal (nominal) · mk насловен (of a title) · mk насловен (referred to in the title) · ca nominal (nominal) · id tituler (of a title) · bg номина́лен (nominal) · de Ehren- (nominal) · mt titular (of a title) · cs titulní (referred to in the title) · nl titulair (nominal) · bg титулуван (of a title) · ca titular (of a title) · de Titel- (referred to in the title) · nl titulair (of a title) · es del título (referred to in the title)