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 […]; [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.

3. Named or referred to in the title.

   Macbeth is a titular character.

   • 2025 June 20, Nick Levine, “'In every theatre, people would leave': How 'gay cowboy movie' Brokeback Mountain challenged Hollywood – and the US”, in BBC‎^[1], archived from the original on 2 October 2025:

     That story begins in rural Wyoming in 1963, when drifters Ennis and Jack are hired by a local rancher to herd sheep through grazing ground on the titular Brokeback Mountain.

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) [ti.tuˈlar]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ti.tuˈla]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ti.tuˈlaɾ]
• Homophone: titulà

titular m or f (masculine and feminine plural titulars)

1. titular (related to or belonging to a title)

titular m or f by sense (plural titulars)

1. titular (one who holds a title)

titular m (plural titulars)

1. headline
2. one who holds a title

Borrowed from Late Latin titulāre.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ti.tuˈla]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ti.tuˈlaɾ]
• 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

• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “titular”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)
• “titular”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
• “titular”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

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 Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “titular”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
• “titular”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
• “titular”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2026

Borrowed from French titulaire.

titular m (plural titulari)

1. holder

• IPA^(key): /tituˈlaɾ/ [t̪i.t̪uˈlaɾ]
• 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^[2], 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 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025