half title

See also: half-title

English

Noun

half title (plural half titles)

1. (book printing) A page before the title page in a book, bearing the title but no further details.
2. (book printing) 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.

Usage notes

The half title appears on the recto of a leaf whose verso is blank. A frontispiece (illustration facing the title page) might appear between the half title and the title-page.

Synonyms

• bastard title
• fly title

Translations

book title

• Danish: smudstitel
• Esperanto: antaŭtitolo
• Finnish: suojanimiö, esinimiölehti, puoliotsikko
• French: faux-titre (fr) m
• German: Vortitel m, Schmutztitel m
• Greek: ψευδότιτλος (el) m (psevdótitlos)
• Hebrew: שער קטן
• Hungarian: szennycímlap (hu)
• Italian: occhiello (it), mezzotitolo (it) m
• Swedish: smutstitel (sv) c