captions displayed at the bottom of a cinema or television screen that translate or transcribe the dialogue or narrative

films in foreign languages with English subtitles

a subordinate title of a published work or article giving additional information about its content

the book had now acquired its final title with a qualifying subtitle

provide (a film or programme) with subtitles

much of the film is subtitled

provide (a published work or article) with a subtitle

the novel was aptly subtitled