tilde

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  1. noun A diacritical mark ( ~ ) placed over the letter n in Spanish to indicate the palatal nasal sound (ny), as in cañon, or over a vowel in Portuguese to indicate nasalization, as in lã, pão.

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  1. Spanish, alteration of obsolete Catalan title, from Latin titulus, superscription.

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  1. Spanish tilde (= Old French title, tiltre), an accent, mark, tittle, a more vernacular form of titulo, a title: see tittle, title.
 

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/ˈtɪldɛ/
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