Danish

Proper noun

Tilde

1. A female given name, short form of Mathilde.

German

Noun

Tilde f ‎(genitive Tilde, plural Tilden)

1. tilde

Swedish

Proper noun

Tilde

1. A female given name, a Danish type variant of Tilda ( = Matilda).

English

Noun

tilde ‎(plural tildes)

1. The grapheme of character ~.
   1. A diacritical mark (˜) placed above a letter to modify its pronunciation, such as by palatalization in Spanish words or nasalization in Portuguese words.
   2. A punctuation mark that indicates range (from a number to another number).
   3. May be used to represent approximation (mathematics).
2. A key found on some types of keyboards.
3. (logic) The character used to represent negation, usually ~ or ¬.

Usage notes

Commonly used for these letters: ã, õ, and ñ; Vietnamese, Guaraní etc. use it for several other letters.

Synonyms

• squiggle, twiddle

Derived terms

• overtilde
• undertilde
• zilde

Translations

See also

• ASCII
• hyphen
• swung dash Specific type of tilde, positioned in middle height of line.

Anagrams

• tiled

Asturian

Noun

tilde f ‎(plural tildes)

1. (orthography) accent

Synonyms

• acentu

Dutch

Pronunciation

Verb

tilde

1. singular past indicative and subjunctive of tillen

Anagrams

• leidt

Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtilde/
• Hyphenation: til‧de

Noun

tilde

1. tilde

Declension

Synonyms

• aaltoviiva

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tild/

Noun

tilde m ‎(plural tildes)

1. tilde

Anagrams

• délit, ledit

Interlingua

Noun

tilde

1. tilde

Italian

Noun

tilde m, f ‎(plural tildi)

1. tilde (all senses)

Spanish

Etymology

From tildar or from Latin titulus, possibly through an Old Catalan or Old Provençal intermediate (accounting for the final -e instead of -o)^[1].

Noun

tilde m, f ‎(plural tildes) (usually feminine)

1. tilde
2. accent mark
3. criticism, censure

Usage notes

• In Spanish, the “tilde” refers to a diacritic in general, including the acute accent, as in á, but especially the diacritic ñ.

Synonyms

• acento ortográfico
• virgulilla

Related terms

• acento diacrítico, when used to distinguish “el” from “él”, for instance

Verb

tilde

1. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of tildar.
2. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of tildar.
3. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of tildar.
4. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of tildar.

References

1. ↑ https://www.scribd.com/document/158436196/Diccionario-Critico-Etimologico-castellano-RJ-X-Corominas-Joan-pdf

Turkish

Etymology

Borrowing from Spanish tilde.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [tilde]

Noun

tilde ‎(definite accusative tildeyi, plural tildeler)

1. tilde

Declension