tilde
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish tilde, from Latin titulus (“superscript”) or from tildar. Doublet of title and tittle.
Pronunciation
Noun
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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).
- (logic) The character used to represent negation, usually ~ or ¬.
Usage notes
Commonly used for these letters: ã, õ, and ñ; Vietnamese, Guaraní etc. use it for several other letters.
Synonyms
Derived terms
Translations
diacritical mark
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key
character
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See also
- ASCII
- hyphen
- swung dash – Specific type of tilde, positioned in middle height of line.
Anagrams
Asturian
Noun
tilde f (plural tildes)
Synonyms
Dutch
Pronunciation
Audio: (file)
Verb
tilde
Anagrams
Finnish
Pronunciation
Noun
tilde
Declension
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 tildein rare | ||
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 | ||
abessive | tildettä | tildeittä | ||
instructive | — | tildein | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Synonyms
French
Pronunciation
Noun
tilde m (plural tildes)
Further reading
- “tilde”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
Interlingua
Noun
tilde
Italian
Noun
tilde m or f (plural tildi)
- tilde (all senses)
- (typography) tilde, squiggle
Spanish
Etymology
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
tilde m or f (plural tildes) (usually feminine)
- accent mark, i.e. acute accent
- tilde
- criticism, censure
Usage notes
- In Spanish, the “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.
Synonyms
Related terms
- acento diacrítico, when used to distinguish “el” from “él”, for instance
Verb
tilde
- 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.
References
Turkish
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
tilde (definite accusative tildeyi, plural tildeler)
Declension
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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