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TILDE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does tilde mean?
• TILDE (noun)
The noun TILDE has 1 sense:
1. a diacritical mark (~) placed over the letter n in Spanish to indicate a palatal nasal sound or over a vowel in Portuguese to indicate nasalization
Familiarity information: TILDE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A diacritical mark (~) placed over the letter n in Spanish to indicate a palatal nasal sound or over a vowel in Portuguese to indicate nasalization
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("tilde" is a kind of...):
diacritic; diacritical mark (a mark added to a letter to indicate a special pronunciation)
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