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Tilde


Til′de

,
Noun.
[Sp., fr. L.
titulus
a superscription, title, token, sign. See
Title
,
Noun.
]
The accentual mark placed over n, and sometimes over l, in Spanish words [thus, , ], indicating that, in pronunciation, the sound of the following vowel is to be preceded by that of the initial, or consonantal, y.

Definition 2024


Tilde

Tilde

See also: tilde and tildé

Danish

Proper noun

Tilde

  1. A female given name, short form of Mathilde.

German

Noun

Tilde f (genitive Tilde, plural Tilden)

  1. tilde

Swedish

Proper noun

Tilde

  1. A female given name, a Danish type variant of Tilda ( = Matilda).

tilde

tilde

See also: Tilde and tildé

English

Noun

tilde (plural tildes)

  1. The grapheme of character ~.
    1. A diacritical mark (˜) placed above a letter to modify its pronunciation, such as by palatalization in Spanish words or nasalization in Portuguese words.
    2. A punctuation mark that indicates range (from a number to another number).
    3. May be used to represent approximation (mathematics).
  2. A key found on some types of keyboards.
  3. (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.

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Asturian

Noun

tilde f (plural tildes)

  1. (orthography) accent

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Dutch

Pronunciation

Verb

tilde

  1. singular past indicative and subjunctive of tillen

Anagrams


Finnish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtilde/
  • Hyphenation: til‧de

Noun

tilde

  1. tilde

Declension

Inflection of tilde (Kotus type 8/nalle, no gradation)
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
tildeinrare
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
instructive tildein
abessive tildettä tildeittä
comitative tildeineen

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French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tild/

Noun

tilde m (plural tildes)

  1. tilde

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Interlingua

Noun

tilde

  1. tilde

Italian

Noun

tilde m, f (plural tildi)

  1. tilde (all senses)

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, f (plural tildes) (usually feminine)

  1. tilde
  2. accent mark
  3. criticism, censure

Usage notes

  • In Spanish, the “tilde” refers to a diacritic in general, including the acute accent, as in á, but especially the diacritic ñ.

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Verb

tilde

  1. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of tildar.
  2. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of tildar.
  3. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of tildar.
  4. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of tildar.

References

  1. https://www.scribd.com/document/158436196/Diccionario-Critico-Etimologico-castellano-RJ-X-Corominas-Joan-pdf

Turkish

Etymology

Borrowing from Spanish tilde.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [tilde]

Noun

tilde (definite accusative tildeyi, plural tildeler)

  1. tilde

Declension