tilde
noun/ˈtɪldə/
/ˈtɪldə/
- the mark ( ˜ ) placed over letters in some languages and some vowels in the International Phonetic Alphabet to show how they should be pronounced, as in España, São Paulo and /pɒ̃ʃɒ̃/ (penchant)
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- (also swung dash)the mark ( ˜ ), used in some dictionaries to represent the headword of an entryTopics Languagec2
Word Originmid 19th cent.: from Spanish, based on Latin titulus ‘inscription, title’.
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