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

• didascaliamento
• didascalico
• didascalo

Further reading

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