tilde
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English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Spanish tilde, from Latin titulus (“superscript”).
Pronunciation [edit]
Noun [edit]
tilde (plural tildes)
- The grapheme of character ~.
- A diacritical mark: 〈˜〉 placed above a letter to modify its pronunciation, such as by palatalization in Spanish words or nasalization in Portuguese words.
- A punctuation mark that indicates range (from a number to another number).
- May be used to represent approximation (mathematics).
- A key found on some types of keyboards.
- (logic) The character used to represent negation, usually ~ or ¬.
Usage notes [edit]
Commonly used for these letters: ã, õ, and ñ; Vietnamese and Guaraní use it for several other letters.
Synonyms [edit]
Derived terms [edit]
Translations [edit]
diacritical mark
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key
character
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See also [edit]
- ASCII
- hyphen
- swung dash Specific type of tilde, positioned in middle height of line.
Anagrams [edit]
Dutch [edit]
Verb [edit]
tilde
- singular past indicative and subjunctive of tillen
Anagrams [edit]
Finnish [edit]
Pronunciation [edit]
- Hyphenation: til‧de
- IPA: /ˈtilde(ʔ)/
Noun [edit]
tilde
Declension [edit]
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Declension of tilde (type nalle)
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Synonyms [edit]
French [edit]
Pronunciation [edit]
- IPA: /tild/
Noun [edit]
tilde m (plural tildes)
Anagrams [edit]
Interlingua [edit]
Noun [edit]
tilde
Italian [edit]
Noun [edit]
tilde mf (plural tildi)
- tilde (all senses)
Spanish [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Latin titulus (“superscript”).
Noun [edit]
tilde m and f (plural tildes) (usually feminine)
Usage notes [edit]
In Spanish, the “tilde” refers to a diacritic in general, including the acute accent, as in á, but especially the diacritic ñ.
Synonyms [edit]
Related terms [edit]
- acento diacrítico, when used to distinguish “el” from “él”, for instance
Verb [edit]
tilde (infinitive tildar)
- Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of tildar.
- First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of tildar.
- Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of tildar.
- Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of tildar.
Turkish [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Spanish tilde.
Pronunciation [edit]
- IPA: [tilde]
Noun [edit]
tilde (definite accusative tildeyi, plural tildeler)
Declension [edit]
Categories:
- English terms derived from Spanish
- English terms derived from Latin
- English nouns
- English countable nouns
- en:Logic
- en:Buttons
- en:Diacritical marks
- en:Punctuation marks
- Dutch verb forms
- Finnish nouns
- Finnish nalle-type nominals
- French nouns
- French masculine nouns
- French countable nouns
- Interlingua nouns
- Italian nouns
- Spanish terms derived from Latin
- Spanish nouns
- Spanish verb forms
- Spanish verb imperative forms
- Spanish verb singular forms
- Spanish verb second-person forms
- Spanish verb formal forms
- Spanish forms of verbs ending in -ar
- Spanish verb subjunctive forms
- Spanish verb first-person forms
- Spanish verb present forms
- Spanish verb third-person forms
- Turkish terms derived from Spanish
- Turkish nouns
