noun

subtitles

Translation

subtitles, captions

I watched the film with English subtitles.

I watched the movie with English subtitles.

Can you turn on the subtitles, please?

((sth.)) with subtitles having text displayed I prefer movies with subtitles.

to turn on/off the subtitles to enable/disable the text Could you turn on the subtitles?

Synonyms: captions, text

From 'sub-' (under) + 'title'. Literally, titles that appear under the main picture.

'Sub' means under, and 'titles' are words. So, 'subtitles' are words under the screen.