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titular

  • /ˈtɪtjʊlə/ UK
  • /ˈtɪt͡ʃəlɚ/ US

Where it comes from

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

adjective

  1. not comparable Of, relating to, being, derived from, or having a title.
  2. not comparable Existing in name only; nominal. If these magnific titles yet remain / Not merely titular.
  3. not comparable Named or referred to in the title. Macbeth is a titular character.

noun 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.

Translations

Every language

adj of a title

Españoltitular
Françaistitulaire

adj nominal

Françaisnominal, titulaire
Deutschnominell, Ehren-, Titular-

adj referred to in the title

Españoldel título
DeutschTitel-, Namens-

noun one who holds a title

Españoltitular
DeutschTitelträger

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MLA

"titular." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/titular. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

titular. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/titular

Chicago

"titular." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/titular.

BibTeX
@misc{titular_2026,
  title = {titular},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/titular},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}