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tilde

/ˈtɪldə/
/ˈtɪldə/
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Other forms: tildes

A tilde is a character on a keyboard that looks like a wavy line (~). The Spanish alphabet has 27 letters instead of the English 26, because it includes both n and ñ, each of which is pronounced differently.

The tilde has other uses as well. It is a diacritical mark in other languages, such as Portuguese, but it is also used in logic and math. When you put a tilde before a number, for example, you're saying that the number is approximate. If you wanted to say that your club had about $1,500 in the bank, you could use a tilde to write that the club had ~$1,500.

Definitions of tilde
  1. 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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    type of:
    diacritic, diacritical mark
    a mark added to a letter to indicate a special pronunciation
Pronunciation
US
/ˈtɪldə/
UK
/ˈtɪldə/
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