TILDE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("tilde" is a kind of...):

diacritic; diacritical mark (a mark added to a letter to indicate a special pronunciation)

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