tilde

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Usage notes 1.3.2 Synonyms 1.3.3 Translations 1.3.4 See also 1.4 Anagrams 2 Finnish 2.1 Pronunciation 2.2 Noun 2.2.1 Declension 2.2.2 Synonyms 3 French 3.1 Noun 3.2 Anagrams 4 Interlingua 4.1 Noun 5 Italian 5.1 Noun 6 Spanish 6.1 Etymology 6.2 Noun 6.2.1 Usage notes 6.2.2 Synonyms 6.2.3 Related terms 7 Turkish 7.1 Etymology 7.2 Pronunciation 7.3 Noun 7.3.1 Declension

[edit] English

Wikipedia

[edit] Etymology

From Spanish tilde, from Latin titulus (“‘superscript’”).

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈtɪldə/, /ˈtɪldi/
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• Rhymes: -ɪldə

[edit] Noun

tilde (plural tildes)

1. (orthography): A diacritical mark placed above a letter to modify its pronunciation, such as by palatalization in Spanish words or nasalization in Portuguese words.
2. A key found on some types of keyboards.
3. A character resembling a curved hyphen (~). ASCII character 126. May represent approximation.

[edit] Usage notes

Commonly used for these letters: ã, õ, and ñ; Vietnamese and Guaraní use it for several other letters.

[edit] Synonyms

• squiggle, twiddle

[edit] Translations

[edit] See also

• ASCII
• hyphen
• swung dash Specific type of tilde, positioned in middle height of line.

[edit] Anagrams

• Anagrams of deilt
• tiled

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[edit] Finnish

[edit] Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: til‧de
• IPA: /ˈtilde(ʔ)/

[edit] Noun

tilde

1. tilde

[edit] Declension

Declension of tilde (type nalle) singular plural nominative tilde tildet genitive tilden tildejen tildein1 partitive tildeä tildejä accusative tilde tilden tildet inessive tildessä tildeissä elative tildestä tildeistä illative tildeen tildeihin adessive tildellä tildeillä ablative tildeltä tildeiltä allative tildelle tildeille essive tildenä tildeinä translative tildeksi tildeiksi instructive – tildein abessive tildettä tildeittä comitative – tildeineen 1) Rare.

[edit] Synonyms

• aaltoviiva

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[edit] French

[edit] Noun

tilde m.

1. tilde

[edit] Anagrams

• Anagrams of deilt
• délit
• ledit

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[edit] Interlingua

[edit] Noun

tilde

1. tilde

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[edit] Italian

[edit] Noun

tilde m. and f. (plural tildi)

1. tilde (all senses)

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[edit] Spanish

[edit] Etymology

From Latin titulus (“‘superscript’”).

[edit] Noun

tilde m. and f. (plural tildes) (usually feminine)

1. tilde
2. accent mark
3. criticism, censure

[edit] Usage notes

In Spanish, the “tilde” refers to a diacritic in general, including the acute accent, as in á, but especially the diacritic ñ.

[edit] Synonyms

• acento ortográfico
• virgulilla

[edit] Related terms

• acento diacrítico, when used to distinguish “el” from “él”, for instance

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[edit] Turkish

[edit] Etymology

• From Spanish "tilde"

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: [tilde]

[edit] Noun

tilde (definite accusative tildeyi, plural tildeler)

1. tilde

[edit] Declension