titulo

See also: tituló and título

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern, Central) [tiˈtu.lu]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Valencia, Northwestern) [tiˈtu.lo]
• Hyphenation: ti‧tu‧lo

Verb

titulo

1. first-person singular present indicative of titular

Cebuano

Etymology

Etymology tree

Etruscanbor.?

Latin tituluslbor.

Spanish títulobor.

Cebuano titulo

Borrowed from Spanish título.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌtituˈlo/ [ˌt̪iː.t̪uˈl̪o]
• Hyphenation: tí‧tu‧ló

Noun

títuló

1. title
   1. prefix or suffix appended onto a name
   2. name of a book or other literary work
   3. (law) right to ownership

Verb

títuló

1. to entitle

Related terms

• titulado

Esperanto

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tiˈtulo/
• Rhymes: -ulo
• Syllabification: ti‧tu‧lo

Noun

titulo (accusative singular titulon, plural tituloj, accusative plural titulojn) (rare)

1. synonym of titolo

Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from English title, French titre, German Titel, Italian titolo, Russian ти́тул (títul), Spanish título. Compare Esperanto titolo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tiˈtulo/
• Hyphenation: ti‧tu‧lo

Noun

titulo (plural tituli)

1. title (of a book, article, person, etc.), appellation

Derived terms

• titulizar (“to entitle, designate”)
• tituliero (“titular”)
• subtitulo (“subheading, second title”)

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈtɪ.tʊ.ɫoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈtiː.tu.lo]
• Hyphenation: ti‧tu‧lō

Etymology 1

From titulus.

Verb

titulō (present infinitive titulāre, perfect active titulāvī, supine titulātum); first conjugation

1. (Late Latin) to give a title to; call; name; entitle

Conjugation

   Conjugation of titulō (first conjugation)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	titulō		titulās		titulat		titulāmus		titulātis		titulant
	imperfect	titulābam		titulābās		titulābat		titulābāmus		titulābātis		titulābant
	future	titulābō		titulābis		titulābit		titulābimus		titulābitis		titulābunt
	perfect	titulāvī		titulāvistī		titulāvit		titulāvimus		titulāvistis		titulāvērunt, titulāvēre
	pluperfect	titulāveram		titulāverās		titulāverat		titulāverāmus		titulāverātis		titulāverant
	future perfect	titulāverō		titulāveris		titulāverit		titulāverimus		titulāveritis		titulāverint
passive	present	titulor		titulāris, titulāre		titulātur		titulāmur		titulāminī		titulantur
	imperfect	titulābar		titulābāris, titulābāre		titulābātur		titulābāmur		titulābāminī		titulābantur
	future	titulābor		titulāberis, titulābere		titulābitur		titulābimur		titulābiminī		titulābuntur
	perfect	titulātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	titulātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	titulātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	titulem		titulēs		titulet		titulēmus		titulētis		titulent
	imperfect	titulārem		titulārēs		titulāret		titulārēmus		titulārētis		titulārent
	perfect	titulāverim		titulāverīs		titulāverit		titulāverīmus		titulāverītis		titulāverint
	pluperfect	titulāvissem		titulāvissēs		titulāvisset		titulāvissēmus		titulāvissētis		titulāvissent
passive	present	tituler		titulēris, titulēre		titulētur		titulēmur		titulēminī		titulentur
	imperfect	titulārer		titulārēris, titulārēre		titulārētur		titulārēmur		titulārēminī		titulārentur
	perfect	titulātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	titulātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		titulā		—		—		titulāte		—
	future	—		titulātō		titulātō		—		titulātōte		titulantō
passive	present	—		titulāre		—		—		titulāminī		—
	future	—		titulātor		titulātor		—		—		titulantor
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		titulāre			titulārī			titulāns			—
future		titulātūrum esse			titulātum īrī			titulātūrus			titulandus
perfect		titulāvisse			titulātum esse			—			titulātus
future perfect		—			titulātum fore			—			—
perfect potential		titulātūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		titulandī		titulandō		titulandum		titulandō		titulātum		titulātū

Derived terms

• intitulō

Descendants

• Catalan: titllar, titular
• English: title
• Italian: titolare
• Portuguese: titular
• Romansh: tedlar
• Spanish: tildar, titular

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

titulō

1. dative/ablative singular of titulus

References

• “titulo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “titulo”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃiˈtu.lu/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /tiˈtu.lu/

Verb

titulo

1. first-person singular present indicative of titular

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tiˈtulo/ [t̪iˈt̪u.lo]
• Rhymes: -ulo
• Syllabification: ti‧tu‧lo

Verb

titulo

1. first-person singular present indicative of titular

Tagalog

Etymology

Etymology tree

Etruscanbor.?

Latin tituluslbor.

Spanish títulobor.

Tagalog titulo

Borrowed from Spanish título, a learned borrowing from Latin titulus, possibly borrowed from Etruscan.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈtitulo/ [ˌt̪iː.t̪ʊˈlo]
• Rhymes: -itulo
• Syllabification: ti‧tu‧lo

Noun

títuló (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜒᜆᜓᜎᜓ)

1. title (of a story, poem, book, movie, etc.)

   Synonym: pamagat

2. academic degree (granted to someone)

   Synonyms: digri, katibayan

3. title; headline (as in a newspaper article)

   Synonym: ulo

4. (law) claim or right to ownership (of a property, etc.)
5. (law) title of ownership; deed (especially of real estate)
6. title (name showing rank)

   Synonyms: ranggo, (dated) pamagat

Derived terms

• magtitulo
• may-titulo
• titulo torens
• tituluhan

Related terms

• subtitulo
• titulada
• titulado

Further reading

• “titulo”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2025
• “titulo”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018