tilde

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.

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[Spanish, alteration of obsolete Catalan title, from Latin titulus, superscription.]

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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]

Thesaurus

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

Translations

tilde [ˈtɪldə] n → tilde f

tilde [ˈtɪldə] n → tilde m

tilde [ˈtɪldə] n → Tilde f

tilde [ˈtɪldə] n → tilde f