- the diacritical mark (~) placed over a letter to indicate a palatal nasal consonant, as in Spanish señor. This symbol is also used in the International Phonetic Alphabet to represent any nasalized vowel
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til•de /ˈtɪldə/USA pronunciation
n. [countable], pl. -des.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026- Phoneticsa special mark, ( ˜ ), written over an n, as in Spanish mañana, to show that the sound is pronounced like "ny,'' as in canyon;
or written over a vowel, as in Portuguese são, to show that the vowel has a nasal sound.
til•de
(til′də),USA pronunciation n.
- Phoneticsa diacritic (~) placed over an n, as in Spanish mañana, to indicate a palatal nasal sound or over a vowel, as in Portuquese são, to indicate nasalization.
- See swung dash.
- Mathematicsa symbol (~) indicating equivalency or similarity between two values.
- [Logic.]a similar symbol indicating negation.
- Latin titulus superscription. See title
- Spanish
- 1860–65
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tilde /ˈtɪldə/ n
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