didascalia

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek διδασκαλία (didaskalía, instruction), from διδάσκαλος (didáskalos, teacher).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /di.da.skaˈli.a/
  • Rhymes: -ia
  • Hyphenation: di‧da‧sca‧lì‧a

Noun

didascalia f (plural didascalie)

  1. caption
  2. (theater, film) stage direction
  3. (by extension, film, television) caption, closed caption
    Synonym: sottotitolo

Derived terms

Further reading

  • didascalia in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
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