---
title: '<figcaption>: O elemento de legenda da figura'
slug: Web/HTML/Element/figcaption
tags:
  - Elemento
  - HTML
translation_of: Web/HTML/Element/figcaption
---
<div>{{HTMLRef}}</div>

<div>O <strong>Elemento HTML Figcaption </strong>(<code>&lt;figcaption&gt;</code>) representa uma legenda ou uma legenda associada com uma figura ou ilustração descrita pelo resto dos dados do elemento {{ HTMLElement("figure") }} que seu elemento pai.</div>

<p> </p>

<div></div>

<div>{{EmbedInteractiveExample("pages/tabbed/figcaption.html","tabbed-shorter")}}</div>

<div></div>

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<table class="properties">
 <tbody>
  <tr>
   <th scope="row"><a href="/en-US/docs/HTML/Content_categories">Categorias de conteúdo</a></th>
   <td>Nenhuma.</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
   <th scope="row">Conteúdo permitido</th>
   <td><a href="/en-US/docs/HTML/Content_categories#Flow_content">Flow content</a>.</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
   <th scope="row">Omissão de Tag</th>
   <td>Nenhuma, tanto a tag de início quanto a de fim são obrigatórias.</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
   <th scope="row">Elemento Pai Permitido</th>
   <td>Um Elemento {{HTMLElement("figure")}}</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
   <th scope="row">Interface DOM</th>
   <td>{{domxref("HTMLElement")}}</td>
  </tr>
 </tbody>
</table>

<h2 id="Atributos">Atributos</h2>

<p>Esse elemento possui somente os  <a href="/en-US/docs/HTML/Global_attributes">atributos globais</a>.</p>

<h2 id="Exemplos">Exemplos</h2>

<p>Por favor, consulte a página {{HTMLElement("figure")}} para visualizar o exemplos do elemento <code>&lt;figcaption&gt;</code>.</p>

<h2 id="Especificações">Especificações</h2>

<table class="standard-table">
 <thead>
  <tr>
   <th scope="col">Especificação</th>
   <th scope="col">Status</th>
   <th scope="col">Comentário</th>
  </tr>
 </thead>
 <tbody>
  <tr>
   <td>{{SpecName('HTML WHATWG', 'semantics.html#the-figcaption-element', '&lt;figcaption&gt;')}}</td>
   <td>{{Spec2('HTML WHATWG')}}</td>
   <td></td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
   <td>{{SpecName('HTML5 W3C', 'grouping-content.html#the-figcaption-element', '&lt;figcaption&gt;')}}</td>
   <td>{{Spec2('HTML5 W3C')}}</td>
   <td></td>
  </tr>
 </tbody>
</table>

<h2 id="Browser_compatibility">Browser compatibility</h2>



<p>{{Compat("html.elements.figcaption")}}</p>

<h2 id="Veja_também">Veja também:</h2>

<ul>
 <li>O elemento {{HTMLElement("figure")}}.</li>
</ul>