tilde
See also: Tilde and tildé
English
WOTD – 25 July 2007
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish tilde, from Latin titulus (“superscript”) or from tildar. Doublet of titer/titre, title, titlo, tittle, and titulus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtɪldə/, /ˈtɪldi/
Audio (US) (file) Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -ɪldə
Noun
tilde (plural tildes)
- The grapheme of character ~.
- A diacritical mark (˜) placed above a letter to modify its pronunciation, such as by palatalization in Spanish words or nasalization in Portuguese words.
- 2021, Claire Cock-Starkey, Hyphens & Hashtags, Bodleian Library, page 162:
- The tilde was used similarly in Portuguese on vowels to show that the letter bearing the tilde should be pronounced nasally.
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- A punctuation mark that indicates range (from a number to another number).
- May be used to represent approximation (mathematics).
- A diacritical mark (˜) placed above a letter to modify its pronunciation, such as by palatalization in Spanish words or nasalization in Portuguese words.
- (logic) The character used to represent negation, usually ~ or ¬.
Usage notes
Commonly used for these letters: ã and õ (Portuguese), and ñ (Spanish); Vietnamese, Guaraní etc. use it for several other letters.
Synonyms
- squiggle, twiddle
Derived terms
- overtilde
- undertilde
- zilde
Translations
diacritical mark
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character
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See also
- ASCII
- hyphen
- swung dash – Specific type of tilde, positioned in middle height of line.
Anagrams
- lited, tiled
Asturian
Noun
tilde f (plural tildes)
- (orthography) accent
Synonyms
- acentu
Dutch
Pronunciation
Audio (file)
Verb
tilde
- singular past indicative and subjunctive of tillen
Anagrams
- leidt
Finnish
Etymology
From Spanish tilde.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtilde/, [ˈt̪ilde̞]
- Rhymes: -ilde
- Syllabification(key): til‧de
Noun
tilde
- tilde
Declension
Inflection of tilde (Kotus type 8/nalle, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | tilde | tildet | |
genitive | tilden | tildejen | |
partitive | tildeä | tildejä | |
illative | tildeen | tildeihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | tilde | tildet | |
accusative | nom. | tilde | tildet |
gen. | tilden | ||
genitive | tilden | tildejen tildeinrare | |
partitive | tildeä | tildejä | |
inessive | tildessä | tildeissä | |
elative | tildestä | tildeistä | |
illative | tildeen | tildeihin | |
adessive | tildellä | tildeillä | |
ablative | tildeltä | tildeiltä | |
allative | tildelle | tildeille | |
essive | tildenä | tildeinä | |
translative | tildeksi | tildeiksi | |
instructive | — | tildein | |
abessive | tildettä | tildeittä | |
comitative | — | tildeineen |
Possessive forms of tilde (type nalle) | ||
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possessor | singular | plural |
1st person | tildeni | tildemme |
2nd person | tildesi | tildenne |
3rd person | tildensä |
Synonyms
- aaltoviiva
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tild/
Audio (file)
Noun
tilde m (plural tildes)
- tilde
Further reading
- “tilde”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
- délit, ledit
Interlingua
Noun
tilde
- tilde
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtil.de/
- Rhymes: -ilde
- Hyphenation: tìl‧de
Noun
tilde m or f (plural tildi)
- tilde (all senses)
- (typography) tilde, squiggle
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtilde/ [ˈt̪il̪.d̪e]
- Rhymes: -ilde
- Syllabification: til‧de
Etymology 1
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 or f (plural tildes) (usually feminine)
- accent mark, i.e. acute accent
- Synonym: acento ortográfico
- tilde
- Synonym: virgulilla
- criticism, censure
Usage notes
- In Spanish, the term tilde refers to a diacritic in general (including the tilde on top of ñ) but it is primarily used to designate the acute accent, as in á. The term virgulilla is used to specifically refer to the tilde on top of ñ.
Derived terms
- atildar
Descendants
- → English: tilde
- → Japanese: チルダ (chiruda)
- → Polish: tylda
- → Russian: ти́льда (tílʹda)
- → Serbo-Croatian: ти̑лда / tȋlda
- → Turkish: tilde
See also
- acento diacrítico, when used to distinguish “el” from “él”, for instance
Verb
tilde
- inflection of tildar:
- first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- third-person singular imperative
References
- Joan Coromines; José A. Pascual (1983–1991) Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos
Further reading
- “tilde”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Turkish
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish tilde.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [tilde]
Noun
tilde (definite accusative tildeyi, plural tildeler)
- tilde
Declension
Inflection | ||
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Nominative | tilde | |
Definite accusative | tildeyi | |
Singular | Plural | |
Nominative | tilde | tildeler |
Definite accusative | tildeyi | tildeleri |
Dative | tildeye | tildelere |
Locative | tildede | tildelerde |
Ablative | tildeden | tildelerden |
Genitive | tildenin | tildelerin |