tilde
/ˈtɪldə
/noun
1An accent (~) placed over Spanish n when pronounced ny (as in señor) or Portuguese a or o when nasalized (as in São Paulo), or over a vowel in phonetic transcription, indicating nasalization.A tilde over the vowel indicates a high broken tone, in which the voice starts slightly above the middle of the normal speaking voice range, drops and then rises abruptly....
- In modern Paraguayan orthography, the nasal vowels are represented with the nasal tilde (~) over the oral version of the vowel.
- The fact that the singer was Spanish and that the programme printed the song title with a tilde might have been a clue, anyway.
1.1A symbol similar to a tilde used in mathematics and logic to indicate negation, inversion, etc.
Origin
Mid 19th century: from Spanish, based on Latin titulus (see title).
Rhymes
- achondroplasiac
- achondroplasic
- achondroplastic
- achoo
- achroite
- achromat
- achromatic
- achromatically
- achromaticity
- achromatic lens
- achromatin
- achromatise
- achromatism
- achromatization
- achromatize
- achromatized
- achromatopsia
- achromatopsic
- achromatopsy
- achromatous
- achromic
- achromous
- achromycin
- achronical
- achronism