Tilde

['tɪldə]

Definition

(noun.) 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.

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Definition

(n.) The accentual mark placed over n, and sometimes over l, in Spanish words [thus, , /], 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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Definition

n. the diacritical sign over n in Spanish—thus .

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