didascalia

Borrowed from Ancient Greek διδασκαλία (didaskalía, “instruction”), from διδάσκαλος (didáskalos, “teacher”).

• IPA^(key): /di.das.kaˈli.a/
• Rhymes: -ia
• Hyphenation: di‧da‧sca‧lì‧a

didascalia f (plural didascalie)

1. caption
2. (theater, film) stage direction
3. (by extension, film, television) caption, closed caption

   Synonym: sottotitolo

• didascaliamento
• didascalico
• didascalo

• didascalia in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Borrowed from Ancient Greek διδασκαλία (didaskalía, “instruction”), from διδάσκαλος (didáskalos, “teacher”).

• IPA^(key): /didasˈkalja/ [d̪i.ð̞asˈka.lja]
• Rhymes: -alja
• Syllabification: di‧das‧ca‧lia

didascalia f (plural didascalias)

1. instruction, lesson
2. In ancient Greece, a record of the stage plays performed, with relevant information such as the date or awards won.
3. (theater, film) stage direction

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