TILDE Definition & Meaning

tilde

[ til-duh ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

Phonetics, Orthography. a diacritic (~) placed over an n, as in Spanish ��ñ��Բ�, to indicate a palatal nasal sound or over a vowel, as in Portuguese ��ã��, to indicate nasalization.
swung dash.
Mathematics. a symbol (∼) indicating equivalency or similarity between two values.
Logic. a similar symbol indicating negation.

tilde

/ ˈ��ɪ��ə /

noun

the diacritical mark (~) placed over a letter to indicate a palatal nasal consonant, as in Spanish ��ñ�ǰ�. This symbol is also used in the International Phonetic Alphabet to represent any nasalized vowel

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of tilde¹

1860–65; < Spanish < Latin titulus superscription. See title

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of tilde¹

C19: from Spanish, from Latin titulus title, superscription

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When media used his full name, they omitted the tilde in “Cañedo.”

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Batiste, who is not a native Spanish speaker, was nervous about navigating the tildes and the rolling Rs.

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At the beginning of each episode, Saldaña's name is shown with a tilde over the n.

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For the same reason the council also struck down the bill's proposal to allow non-French so-called diacritical marks such as the tilde, in official documents.

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While the tilde also never reached critical mass, cutesy emoji faces achieved global dominance, even among business associates.

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