Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

half title

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.93 in modern English

Syllables
half ti-tle
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A page before the title page in a book, bearing the title but no further details.

noun

An abbreviated title of a book at the head of the first page of the text, or a title of any subdivision of a book when printed in a full page.

Inflected Forms

half titles (plural)

Synonyms

bastard title fly title

Questions

What does half title mean?
A page before the title page in a book, bearing the title but no further details.

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