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tilde

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til·de  (tld)
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]
n
(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]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.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
Translations
tilde [ˈtɪldɪ] Ntilde f
tilde [ˈtɪldə] ntilde m
tilde
nTilde f


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