tilde
English edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Spanish tilde, from Latin titulus (“superscript”) or from tildar. Doublet of titer/titre, title, titlo, tittle, and titulus.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
tilde (plural tildes)
- The grapheme of character ~.
- A diacritical mark (˜) placed above a letter to modify its pronunciation, such as by palatalization in Spanish words or nasalization in Portuguese words.
- 2021, Claire Cock-Starkey, Hyphens & Hashtags, Bodleian Library, page 162:
- The tilde was used similarly in Portuguese on vowels to show that the letter bearing the tilde should be pronounced nasally.
- A punctuation mark that indicates range (from a number to another number).
- May be used to represent approximation (mathematics).
- A diacritical mark (˜) placed above a letter to modify its pronunciation, such as by palatalization in Spanish words or nasalization in Portuguese words.
- (logic) The character used to represent negation, usually ~ or ¬.
Usage notes edit
Commonly used for these letters: ã and õ (Portuguese), and ñ (Spanish); Vietnamese, Guaraní etc. use it for several other letters.
Synonyms edit
Derived terms edit
Translations edit
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See also edit
- ASCII
- hyphen
- swung dash – Specific type of tilde, positioned in middle height of line.
Anagrams edit
Asturian edit
Noun edit
tilde f (plural tildes)
Synonyms edit
Crimean Tatar edit
Noun edit
tilde
Dutch edit
Pronunciation edit
Audio (file)
Verb edit
tilde
- inflection of tillen:
Anagrams edit
Finnish edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
tilde
Declension edit
Inflection of tilde (Kotus type 8/nalle, no gradation) | ||||
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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 | ||
abessive | tildettä | tildeittä | ||
instructive | — | tildein | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Synonyms edit
Further reading edit
- “tilde”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03
French edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
tilde m (plural tildes)
Further reading edit
- “tilde”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams edit
Interlingua edit
Noun edit
tilde
Italian edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
tilde m or f (plural tildi)
- tilde (all senses)
- (typography) tilde, squiggle
Spanish edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Deverbal 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 edit
tilde f or (less commonly) m (plural tildes)
- accent mark, i.e. acute accent
- Synonym: acento ortográfico
- tilde
- Synonym: virgulilla
- criticism, censure
Usage notes edit
- In Spanish, the term tilde refers to a diacritic in general (including the tilde on top of ñ) but it is primarily used to designate the acute accent, as in á. The term virgulilla is used to specifically refer to the tilde on top of ñ.
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
- → English: tilde
- → Japanese: チルダ (chiruda)
- → Polish: tylda
- → Russian: ти́льда (tílʹda)
- → Serbo-Croatian: ти̑лда / tȋlda
- → Turkish: tilde
See also edit
- acento diacrítico, when used to distinguish “el” from “él”, for instance
Etymology 2 edit
Verb edit
tilde
- inflection of tildar:
References edit
- ^ Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1983–1991) Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos
Further reading edit
- “tilde”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Tagalog edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Spanish tilde, with semantic loan from English tilde.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
tilde (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜒᜎ᜔ᜇᜒ)
- tilde
- accent mark
- Synonym: tuldik
Further reading edit
- “tilde” at KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino[2], Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2021
- “tilde”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
Turkish edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
tilde (definite accusative tildeyi, plural tildeler)
Declension edit
Inflection | ||
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Nominative | tilde | |
Definite accusative | tildeyi | |
Singular | Plural | |
Nominative | tilde | tildeler |
Definite accusative | tildeyi | tildeleri |
Dative | tildeye | tildelere |
Locative | tildede | tildelerde |
Ablative | tildeden | tildelerden |
Genitive | tildenin | tildelerin |