Definitions for tilde

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tilde til·de

Spelling: [til-duh]

IPA: /ˈtɪl də/

Tilde is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 6 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 7 points.

You can make 70 anagrams from letters in tilde (deilt).

Definitions for tilde

noun

1. a diacritic (~) placed over an n, as in Spanish mañana, to indicate a palatal nasal sound or over a vowel, as in Portuquese são, to indicate nasalization.
2. swung dash.
3. Mathematics. a symbol (∼) indicating equivalency or similarity between two values.
4. Logic. a similar symbol indicating negation.

Origin of tilde

1860-65; Spanish Latin titulus superscription. See title

Examples for tilde

The tilde has been restored in those Spanish words that use it.

A doubled 'l' with a tilde across the middle is rendered as 'll'.

In versions of this book that do not support accented letters, Canon (with a tilde over the middle n) is spelled Canyon.

Spelled with a tilde, sguat, as are all the other forms before guat.

Some vowels were written with an overline—here shown as a tilde—representing a following nasal (m or n).

The spelling Lewis and Clarke was used consistently in the original text, as was Zui with tilde.

They are shown in this e-text as ll (simple l followed by l with tilde overlay).

The spelling Zui with tilde is Spanish; today the word is generally written Zuni.

A letter "p with tilde above" was used twice in OE as an abbreviation for pence; this ebook uses "p" instead.

The tilde is the mark placed over the Spanish letter n, as in Señor.