About The Word Tilde
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Tilde
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What's The Definition Of Tilde?
[n] a diacritical mark (~) placed over the letter n in Spanish to indicate a palatal nasal sound or over a vowel in Portuguese to indicate nasalization
Synonyms | Synonyms for Tilde: Related Terms | Find terms related to Tilde: See Also | diacritic | diacritical mark Tilde In Webster's Dictionary \Til"de\, n. [Sp., fr. L. titulus a superscription, title,
token, sign. See {Title}, n.]
The accentual mark placed over n, and sometimes over l, in
Spanish words [thus, [~n], [~l]], indicating that, in
pronunciation, the sound of the following vowel is to be
preceded by that of the initial, or consonantal, y.
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