ти́лда — meaning in English

English meaning

• tilde noun A diacritical mark ⟨˜⟩ placed above a letter to modify its pronunciation.

Senses

ти́лда is used for these senses in English:

• tilde A diacritical mark ⟨˜⟩ placed above a letter to modify its pronunciation.

tilde — full definition

1. noun A diacritical mark ⟨˜⟩ placed above a letter to modify its pronunciation.
2. noun In Spanish, ⟨ñ⟩ is a palatalized ⟨n⟩, for example in ⟨cañón⟩.
3. noun In Portuguese, ⟨ã⟩ and ⟨õ⟩ are nasalized vowels, for example in ⟨canção⟩.
4. noun Another name for the Vietnamese tone mark dấu ngã, which is placed above a vowel to indicate a creaky rising tone (thanh ngã).