Meaning Of The Word Tilde

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tilde
countable noun: A tilde is a symbol that is written over the letter 'n' in Spanish (ñ) and the letters ' o' (õ) and 'a' (ã) in Portuguese to indicate the way in which they should be pronounced.

tilde in American English
a mark (˜) used:
noun: a diacritic (~) placed over an n, as in Spanish mañana, to indicate a palatal nasal sound or over a vowel, as in Portuguese são, to indicate nasalization

tilde in British English
noun: the diacritical mark (~) placed over a letter to indicate a palatal nasal consonant, as in Spanish señor. This symbol is also used in the International Phonetic Alphabet to represent any nasalized vowel

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