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was wotd|2007|July|25
English
Image:Tilde.svg|thumb||A tilde.
Etymology
From Sp. #Spanish|tilde, from L. titulus "superscript"

Pronunciation
IPA|/�tɪld�/ or /�tɪldi/
audio|en-us-tilde-2.ogg|Audio (US)
audio|en-us-tilde.ogg|Audio (US)
rhymes|ɪld�

Noun
en-noun

1. orthography: 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 key found on some types of keyboards.
3. A character resembling a curved hyphen (~). ASCII character 126. May represent approximation.

Usage notes
An n with a tilde over it looks like this: ñ.

Synonyms
squiggle, twiddle

Translations
trans-top|diacritical mark
Bosnian: Tilda f
Dutch: tilde
Finnish: aaltoviiva, tilde
German: Tilde f
trans-mid
Portuguese: til m
trans-bottom

trans-top|key
Dutch: tilde
Finnish: aaltoviiva, tilde
German: Tilde f
trans-mid
Portuguese: til m
trans-bottom

trans-top|character
Czech: vlnka f
Dutch: tilde
Finnish: aaltoviiva, tilde
German: Tilde f
trans-mid
Portuguese: til m
Spanish: tilde#Spanish|tilde
trans-bottom

Translations to be checked
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ttbc|Catalan: titlla
ttbc|Chinese: 波浪符, 波浪�
ttbc|Dutch: tilde
ttbc|French: tilde m
ttbc|Interlingua: tilde#Interlingua|tilde

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

Finnish

Pronunciation
Hyphenation: til·de
IPA|/�tilde(�)/|lang=fi

Noun
fi-noun|tilde|type=pelle

1. #English|tilde

Synonyms
aaltoviiva

French

Noun
tilde m

1. tilde

Category:French nouns

Interlingua

Noun
tilde (plural tildes

1. #English|tilde

Spanish

Noun
es-noun-mf

1. #English|tilde

da:tilde
es:tilde
fr:tilde
io:tilde
pt:tilde
ru:tilde
fi:tilde
sv:tilde
vi:tilde
tr:tilde
zh:tilde

• 2007-12-30 22:39 - Mysid - /* Finnish */ declension type + pronunciation

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