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
Noun
a mark (~) used in some languages to indicate that the letter over which it is placed is pronounced in a certain way, as in Spanish señor [Spanish]
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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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