# titular
## English
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* (UK) IPA: /ˈtɪtjʊlə/
* (US) IPA: /ˈtɪt͡ʃəlɚ/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)

### Adjective

titular (not comparable)
* Of, relating to, being, derived from, or having a title.
* Existing in name only; nominal.
** 1667, John Milton, “Book V”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]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.
* Named or referred to in the title.
    Macbeth is a titular character.

#### Derived terms

* titular bishop
* titular church
* titularly
* titular see

#### Translations

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### Noun

titular (plural titulars)
* One who holds a title.
* The person from whom a church takes its special name; distinguished from a patron, who must be canonized or an angel.

#### Derived terms

* titular of the tithes

#### Translations
### See also

* eponym
* eponymous
* entitled

## Catalan
### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Late Latin titulāris.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central) [ti.tuˈlar]
* IPA: (Balearic) [ti.tuˈla]
* IPA: (Valencia) [ti.tuˈlaɾ]
* Homophone: titulà

#### Adjective

titular m or f (masculine and feminine plural titulars)
* titular

#### Noun

titular m or f by sense (plural titulars)
* titular (one who holds a title)

##### Derived terms

* titularitat

#### Noun

titular m (plural titulars)
* headline

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from Late Latin titulāre.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [ti.tuˈla]
* IPA: (Valencia) [ti.tuˈlaɾ]
* Homophone: titulà

#### Verb

titular (first-person singular present titulo, first-person singular preterite titulí, past participle titulat)
* (transitive) to title (a book, etc.)
* (transitive) to grant a diploma to
* (transitive, chemistry) to titrate
* (pronominal) to be titled (of a book, etc.)
* (pronominal) to obtain a diploma, to graduate

##### Conjugation
### Further reading

* “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, 2025
* “titular” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

## Portuguese
### Etymology 1

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

#### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /t͡ʃi.tuˈlaʁ/ [t͡ʃi.tuˈlah]
* (Brazil) IPA: /t͡ʃi.tuˈlaʁ/ [t͡ʃi.tuˈlah]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /t͡ʃi.tuˈlaɾ/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /t͡ʃi.tuˈlaʁ/ [t͡ʃi.tuˈlaχ]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /t͡ʃi.tuˈlaɻ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ti.tuˈlaɾ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ti.tuˈlaɾ/
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /ti.tuˈla.ɾi/

#### Adjective

titular m or f (plural titulares)
* titular, titled

#### Noun

titular m or f by sense (plural titulares)
* holder, bearer (of a title, etc.)
* (sports) starter (a player who plays from the start a game)

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from Late Latin titulāre.

#### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /t͡ʃi.tuˈla(ʁ)/ [t͡ʃi.tuˈla(h)]
* (Brazil) IPA: /t͡ʃi.tuˈla(ʁ)/ [t͡ʃi.tuˈla(h)]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /t͡ʃi.tuˈla(ɾ)/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /t͡ʃi.tuˈla(ʁ)/ [t͡ʃi.tuˈla(χ)]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /t͡ʃi.tuˈla(ɻ)/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ti.tuˈlaɾ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ti.tuˈlaɾ/
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /ti.tuˈla.ɾi/

#### Verb

titular (first-person singular present titulo, first-person singular preterite titulei, past participle titulado)
* to title
* (chemistry) to titrate

##### Conjugation

$^1$Brazilian Portuguese. $^2$European Portuguese.

##### Derived terms

* titulação

### Further reading

* “titular”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
* “titular”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
* “titular”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2025

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from French titulaire.

### Noun

titular m (plural titulari)
* holder

#### Declension
## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /tituˈlaɾ/ [t̪i.t̪uˈlaɾ]
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Syllabification: ti‧tu‧lar

### Etymology 1

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

#### Adjective

titular m or f (masculine and feminine plural titulares)
* titular

#### Noun

titular m (plural titulares)
* headline
    Synonym: encabezado

#### Noun

titular m or f by sense (plural titulares)
* holder (of a position)
* owner (of a position)
* (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.(please add an English translation of this quotation)

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from Late Latin titulāre. Doublet of tildar.

#### Verb

titular (first-person singular present titulo, first-person singular preterite titulé, past participle titulado)
* (transitive) to entitle
* (transitive) to title
* (intransitive, chemistry) to value a solution

##### Conjugation

$^1$Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language. $^2$Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

##### Derived terms

* autotitularse

##### Related terms

* intitular

### Further reading

* “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