See also: Tilde and tildé

EnglishEdit

 
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EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from Spanish tilde, from Latin titulus (superscript) or from tildar. Doublet of titer/titre, title, titlo, tittle, and titulus.

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /ˈtɪldə/, /ˈtɪldi/
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  • Rhymes: -ɪldə

NounEdit

 
tilde grapheme

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.
      • 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.
    2. A punctuation mark that indicates range (from a number to another number).
    3. May be used to represent approximation (mathematics).
  2. (logic) The character used to represent negation, usually ~ or ¬.

Usage notesEdit

Commonly used for these letters: ã and õ (Portuguese), and ñ (Spanish); Vietnamese, Guaraní etc. use it for several other letters.

SynonymsEdit

Derived termsEdit

TranslationsEdit

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AnagramsEdit

AsturianEdit

NounEdit

tilde f (plural tildes)

  1. (orthography) accent

SynonymsEdit

DutchEdit

PronunciationEdit

VerbEdit

tilde

  1. singular past indicative and subjunctive of tillen

AnagramsEdit

FinnishEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Spanish tilde.

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /ˈtilde/, [ˈt̪ilde̞]
  • Rhymes: -ilde
  • Syllabification(key): til‧de

NounEdit

tilde

  1. tilde

DeclensionEdit

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
Possessive forms of tilde (type nalle)
possessor singular plural
1st person tildeni tildemme
2nd person tildesi tildenne
3rd person tildensä

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PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

tilde m (plural tildes)

  1. tilde

Further readingEdit

AnagramsEdit

InterlinguaEdit

NounEdit

tilde

  1. tilde

ItalianEdit

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /ˈtil.de/
  • Rhymes: -ilde
  • Syllabification: tìl‧de

NounEdit

tilde m or f (plural tildi)

  1. tilde (all senses)
  2. (typography) tilde, squiggle

SpanishEdit

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /ˈtilde/ [ˈt̪il̪.d̪e]
  • Rhymes: -ilde
  • Syllabification: til‧de

Etymology 1Edit

From tildar or from Latin titulus, possibly through an Old Catalan or Old Provençal intermediate (accounting for the final -e instead of -o)[1].

NounEdit

tilde m or f (plural tildes) (usually feminine)

  1. accent mark, i.e. acute accent
    Synonym: acento ortográfico
  2. tilde
    Synonym: virgulilla
  3. criticism, censure
Usage notesEdit
  • 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 termsEdit
DescendantsEdit
  • English: tilde
  • Japanese: チルダ (chiruda)
  • Polish: tylda
  • Russian: ти́льда (tílʹda)
  • Serbo-Croatian: ти̑лда / tȋlda
  • Turkish: tilde
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Etymology 2Edit

VerbEdit

tilde

  1. inflection of tildar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

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Further readingEdit

TurkishEdit

EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from Spanish tilde.

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

tilde (definite accusative tildeyi, plural tildeler)

  1. tilde

DeclensionEdit

Inflection
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