Found 2 items, similar to Tilde.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: tilde
tilde
n : 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
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Tilde
Tilde
\Til"de\, n. [Sp., fr. L. titulus a superscription, title,
token, sign. See
Title, n.]
The accentual mark placed over n, and sometimes over l, in
Spanish words [thus, [~n], [~l]], indicating that, in
pronunciation, the sound of the following vowel is to be
preceded by that of the initial, or consonantal, y.
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