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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Spanish tilde, from Latin titulus (“superscript”) or from tildar. Doublet of titer/titre, title, titlo, tittle, and titulus.
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.
- 2021, Claire Cock-Starkey, Hyphens & Hashtags, Bodleian Library, page 162:
- The tilde was used similarly in Portuguese on vowels to show that the letter bearing the tilde should be pronounced nasally.
- A punctuation mark that indicates range (from a number to another number).
- May be used to represent approximation (mathematics).
- A diacritical mark (˜) placed above a letter to modify its pronunciation, such as by palatalization in Spanish words or nasalization in Portuguese words.
- (logic) The character used to represent negation, usually ~ or ¬.
Usage notes[edit]
Commonly used for these letters: ã and õ (Portuguese), and ñ (Spanish); Vietnamese, Guaraní etc. use it for several other letters.
Synonyms[edit]
Derived terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
diacritical mark
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character
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Translations to be checked
See also[edit]
- ASCII
- hyphen
- swung dash – Specific type of tilde, positioned in middle height of line.
Anagrams[edit]
Asturian[edit]
Noun[edit]
tilde f (plural tildes)
Synonyms[edit]
Dutch[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Audio (file)
Verb[edit]
tilde
- singular past indicative and subjunctive of tillen
Anagrams[edit]
Finnish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
tilde
Declension[edit]
Inflection of tilde (Kotus type 8/nalle, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | tilde | tildet | ||
genitive | tilden | tildejen | ||
partitive | tildeä | tildejä | ||
illative | tildeen | tildeihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | tilde | tildet | ||
accusative | nom. | tilde | tildet | |
gen. | tilden | |||
genitive | tilden | tildejen tildeinrare | ||
partitive | tildeä | tildejä | ||
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 | See the possessive forms below. |
Synonyms[edit]
French[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
tilde m (plural tildes)
Further reading[edit]
- “tilde”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams[edit]
Interlingua[edit]
Noun[edit]
tilde
Italian[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
tilde m or f (plural tildi)
- tilde (all senses)
- (typography) tilde, squiggle
Spanish[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From tildar or from Latin titulus, possibly through an Old Catalan or Old Provençal intermediate (accounting for the final -e instead of -o)[1].
Noun[edit]
tilde m or f (plural tildes) (usually feminine)
- accent mark, i.e. acute accent
- Synonym: acento ortográfico
- tilde
- Synonym: virgulilla
- criticism, censure
Usage notes[edit]
- In Spanish, the term tilde refers to a diacritic in general (including the tilde on top of ñ) but it is primarily used to designate the acute accent, as in á. The term virgulilla is used to specifically refer to the tilde on top of ñ.
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
- → English: tilde
- → Japanese: チルダ (chiruda)
- → Polish: tylda
- → Russian: ти́льда (tílʹda)
- → Serbo-Croatian: ти̑лда / tȋlda
- → Turkish: tilde
See also[edit]
- acento diacrítico, when used to distinguish “el” from “él”, for instance
Etymology 2[edit]
Verb[edit]
tilde
- inflection of tildar:
References[edit]
- ^ Joan Coromines; José A. Pascual (1983–1991) Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos
Further reading[edit]
- “tilde”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Turkish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
tilde (definite accusative tildeyi, plural tildeler)
Declension[edit]
Inflection | ||
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Nominative | tilde | |
Definite accusative | tildeyi | |
Singular | Plural | |
Nominative | tilde | tildeler |
Definite accusative | tildeyi | tildeleri |
Dative | tildeye | tildelere |
Locative | tildede | tildelerde |
Ablative | tildeden | tildelerden |
Genitive | tildenin | tildelerin |
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