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tilde

[ til-duh ]

noun

  1. Phonetics, Orthography. a diacritic (~) placed over an n, as in Spanish mañana, to indicate a palatal nasal sound or over a vowel, as in Portuguese são, to indicate nasalization.
  2. Mathematics. a symbol (∼) indicating equivalency or similarity between two values.
  3. Logic. a similar symbol indicating negation.


tilde

/ ˈtɪldə /

noun

  1. the diacritical mark (~) placed over a letter to indicate a palatal nasal consonant, as in Spanish señor. This symbol is also used in the International Phonetic Alphabet to represent any nasalized vowel
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of tilde1

1860–65; < Spanish < Latin titulus superscription. See title
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Word History and Origins

Origin of tilde1

C19: from Spanish, from Latin titulus title, superscription
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Example Sentences

When media used his full name, they omitted the tilde in “Cañedo.”

Batiste, who is not a native Spanish speaker, was nervous about navigating the tildes and the rolling Rs.

At the beginning of each episode, Saldaña's name is shown with a tilde over the n.

From Reuters

For the same reason the council also struck down the bill's proposal to allow non-French so-called diacritical marks such as the tilde, in official documents.

From Reuters

While the tilde also never reached critical mass, cutesy emoji faces achieved global dominance, even among business associates.

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