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. swung dash.
3. Mathematics. a symbol (∼) indicating equivalency or similarity between two values.
4. 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

Word History and Origins

Origin of tilde¹

1860–65; < Spanish < Latin titulus superscription. See title

Word History and Origins

Origin of tilde¹

C19: from Spanish, from Latin titulus title, superscription

Example Sentences

A letter "p with tilde above" was used twice in OE as an abbreviation for pence; this ebook uses "p" instead.

From Project Gutenberg

The spelling Zui with tilde is Spanish; today the word is generally written Zuni.

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The spelling Lewis and Clarke was used consistently in the original text, as was Zui with tilde.

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Some vowels were written with an overline—here shown as a tilde—representing a following nasal (m or n).

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A doubled 'l' with a tilde across the middle is rendered as 'll'.

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