tilde

Definitions of tilde
  1. noun
    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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    type of:
    diacritique, signe diacritique
    a mark added to a letter to indicate a special pronunciation
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