til·de (t l d )n. A diacritical mark ( ~ ) placed over the letter n in Spanish to indicate the palatal nasal sound (ny), as in cañon, or over a vowel in Portuguese to indicate nasalization, as in lã, pão. [Spanish, alteration of obsolete Catalan title, from Latin titulus, superscription.] |
tilde [ˈtɪldə]
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(Linguistics / Phonetics & Phonology) 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
[from Spanish, from Latin titulus title, superscription]
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| Noun | 1. | tilde - a diacritical mark (~) placed over the letter n in Spanish to indicate a palatal nasal sound or over a vowel in Portuguese to indicate nasalization diacritic, diacritical mark - a mark added to a letter to indicate a special pronunciation |
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