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Tilde

Tilde Meaning & Definition
Tilde Definition And Meaning

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

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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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