tilde

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
6
Words With Friends
7
Letters
5
Pronunciation
/ˈtɪldə/
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/ˈtɪldə/ · /ˈtɪldi/

Definition of tilde

10 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. A diacritical mark ⟨˜⟩ placed above a letter to modify its pronunciation.
    “California, like several other states, prohibits the use of diacritical marks or accents on official documents. That means no tilde (~), no accent grave (`), no umlaut (¨) and certainly no cedilla (¸).”
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noun

  1. A diacritical mark ⟨˜⟩ placed above a letter to modify its pronunciation.
    “California, like several other states, prohibits the use of diacritical marks or accents on official documents. That means no tilde (~), no accent grave (`), no umlaut (¨) and certainly no cedilla (¸).”
  2. A diacritical mark ⟨˜⟩ placed above a letter to modify its pronunciation.
    “The tilde was used similarly in Portuguese on vowels to show that the letter bearing the tilde should be pronounced nasally.”
  3. A diacritical mark ⟨˜⟩ placed above a letter to modify its pronunciation.
  4. A diacritical mark ⟨˜⟩ placed above a letter to modify its pronunciation.
  5. A symbol ⟨~⟩, with various names and uses, also known as swung dash or wave dash. In the computer industry, various other names may be used, such as squiggle and twiddle.
    “swung dash A stock keyboard character, used in mathematics as the sign of similarity (a ~ b) and in lexicography as a sign of repetition. The same sign has been used in symbolic logic to indicate negation, but to avoid confusion, the angular negation symbol (¬) is preferred. Not to be confused with the tilde.”
  6. A symbol ⟨~⟩, with various names and uses, also known as swung dash or wave dash. In the computer industry, various other names may be used, such as squiggle and twiddle.
  7. A symbol ⟨~⟩, with various names and uses, also known as swung dash or wave dash. In the computer industry, various other names may be used, such as squiggle and twiddle.
  8. A symbol ⟨~⟩, with various names and uses, also known as swung dash or wave dash. In the computer industry, various other names may be used, such as squiggle and twiddle.
  9. A symbol ⟨~⟩, with various names and uses, also known as swung dash or wave dash. In the computer industry, various other names may be used, such as squiggle and twiddle.
  10. A symbol ⟨~⟩, with various names and uses, also known as swung dash or wave dash. In the computer industry, various other names may be used, such as squiggle and twiddle.

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Etymology

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

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