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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)
- caption
- (theater, film) stage direction
- (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