tilde
tilde definition
tilde (til′də)
noun
- a mark (˜) used:
- in Spanish, over an n to indicate a palatal nasal sound (ny), as in señor
- in Portuguese, over a vowel or the first vowel of a diphthong to indicate nasalization, as in lã, pão
- a similar mark used in some phonetic systems, to express negation in mathematics or logic, etc.
Etymology: Sp, metathetic var. of *title < L titulus, superscription, title
Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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