titular

Borrowed from Middle French titulaire, from Latin titulāris, from titulus (“title”).

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈtɪtjʊlə/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈtɪt͡ʃəlɚ/

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titular (not comparable)

1. Of, relating to, being, derived from, or having a title.
2. Existing in name only; nominal.
   • 1667, John Milton, “Book V”, in Paradise Lost. , London: [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker ; nd by Robert Boulter ; nd Matthias Walker, , →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: , London: Basil Montagu Pickering , 1873, →OCLC:

     If these magnific titles yet remain / Not merely titular.

3. Named or referred to in the title.

   Macbeth is a titular character.

titular (plural titulars)

1. One who holds a title.
2. The person from whom a church takes its special name; distinguished from a patron, who must be canonized or an angel.

• eponym
• eponymous
• entitled

Borrowed from Late Latin titulāris.

• IPA^(key): (Central)
• IPA^(key): (Balearic)
• IPA^(key): (Valencia)
• Homophone: titulà

titular m or f (masculine and feminine plural titulars)

1. titular

titular m or f by sense (plural titulars)

1. titular (one who holds a title)

titular m (plural titulars)

1. headline

Borrowed from Late Latin titulāre.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic)
• IPA^(key): (Valencia)
• Homophone: titulà

titular (first-person singular present titulo, first-person singular preterite titulí, past participle titulat)

1. (transitive) to title (a book, etc.)
2. (transitive) to grant a diploma to
3. (transitive, chemistry) to titrate
4. (pronominal) to be titled (of a book, etc.)
5. (pronominal) to obtain a diploma, to graduate

• “titular” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
• “titular”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “titular” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

From título +‎ -ar, or borrowed from Late Latin titulāris.

titular m or f (plural titulares)

1. titular, titled

titular m or f by sense (plural titulares)

1. holder, bearer (of a title, etc.)
2. (sports) starter (a player who plays from the start a game)

Borrowed from Late Latin titulāre.

titular (first-person singular present titulo, first-person singular preterite titulei, past participle titulado)

1. to title
2. (chemistry) to titrate

• titulação

• “titular”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024
• “titular”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
• “titular”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2024

Borrowed from French titulaire.

titular m (plural titulari)

1. holder

• IPA^(key): /tituˈlaɾ/
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: ti‧tu‧lar

From título +‎ -ar, or borrowed from Late Latin titulāris.

titular m or f (masculine and feminine plural titulares)

1. titular

titular m (plural titulares)

1. headline

   Synonym: encabezado

titular m or f by sense (plural titulares)

1. holder (of a position)
2. owner (of a position)
3. (sports) starter (a player who plays from the start a game)

   Synonym: inicial

   • 2016 March, “Dio palo a los Mets - El Siglo”, in El Siglo‎, archived from the original on 4 April 2016:

     Tejada se lució ante su exequipo, al pegar de 3-2, mientras salía de titular en el campo corto y alineaba octavo en el orden ofensivo.

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Borrowed from Late Latin titulāre. Doublet of tildar.

titular (first-person singular present titulo, first-person singular preterite titulé, past participle titulado)

1. (transitive) to entitle
2. (transitive) to title
3. (intransitive, chemistry) to value a solution

• “titular”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10