Definition of tildes Tildes

We found 3 definitions of tildes from 2 different sources.

What does tildes mean?

Wiktionary

tildes (Noun)
Plural of tilde.

Part of speech

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tildes, noun, plural of tilde.

WordNet

Noun

Plural: tildes

tilde - 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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Wiktionary

tilde (Noun)
The grapheme of character ~.
tilde (Noun)
A diacritical mark : 〈〉 placed above a letter to modify its pronunciation, such as by palatalization in Spanish words or nasalization in Portuguese words.
tilde (Noun)
A punctuation mark that indicates range from a number to another number.
tilde (Noun)
May be used to represent approximation mathematics.
tilde (Noun)
A key found on some types of keyboards.
tilde (Noun)
The character used to represent negation, usually ~ or ¬.

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

tilde (n.)
The accentual mark placed over n, and sometimes over l, in Spanish words [thus, , /], indicating that, in pronunciation, the sound of the following vowel is to be preceded by that of the initial, or consonantal, y.

Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕

tilde
til′dē, n. the diacritical sign over n in Spanish—thus ñ. [Sp.,—L. titulus, a title.]

Wikipedia

The tilde (~) is a diacritic. Various language use tildes, including Spanish and Portugese.

In Spanish, the tilde, which is only put over the N, makes it sound like [ɲ] (like 'ny' in "canyon") instead of [n].