"tilde" meaning in English

See tilde in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈtɪldə/, /ˈtɪldi/ Audio: en-us-tilde-2.ogg [US], en-us-tilde.ogg [US] Forms: tildes [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪldə Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish tilde, from Latin titulus (“superscript”) or from tildar. Doublet of titer/titre, title, titlo, tittle, and titulus. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|es|tilde}} Spanish tilde, {{der|en|la|titulus||superscript}} Latin titulus (“superscript”), {{m|es|tildar}} tildar, {{doublet|en|titer/titre|title|titlo|tittle|titulus}} Doublet of titer/titre, title, titlo, tittle, and titulus Head templates: {{en-noun}} tilde (plural tildes)
  1. The grapheme of character ~.
    A diacritical mark (˜) placed above a letter to modify its pronunciation, such as by palatalization in Spanish words or nasalization in Portuguese words.
    Categories (topical): Buttons, Diacritical marks Translations (diacritical mark): تِلْدَة (tilda) [feminine] (Arabic), тилда (tilda) [feminine] (Bulgarian), titlla [feminine] (Catalan), کەشە (keşe) (Central Kurdish), (Chinese Mandarin), ~ (Chinese Mandarin), 波浪號 (Chinese Mandarin), 波浪号 (bōlànghào) (Chinese Mandarin), 波浪符 (bōlàngfú) (Chinese Mandarin), 波形號 (Chinese Mandarin), 波形号 (bōxínghào) (Chinese Mandarin), vlnovka [feminine] (Czech), tilda [feminine] (Czech), tilde [common-gender] (Danish), tilde (Dutch), tildo (Esperanto), tilde (Estonian), aaltoviiva (Finnish), tilde (Finnish), tilde [masculine] (French), Schlangenlinie (German), Tilde [feminine] (German), περισπωμένη (perispoméni) [feminine] (Greek), גַּל (gál) (Hebrew), זַרְקָא (zarqá) [masculine] (Hebrew), hullámvonal (Hungarian), tilde (Hungarian), hullám (Hungarian), bylgja [feminine] (Icelandic), tilde [feminine] (Italian), チルダ (chiruda) (Japanese), ти́лда (tílda) [feminine] (Macedonian), tire (Maori), tylda [feminine] (Polish), til [masculine] (Portuguese), tildă [feminine] (Romanian), ти́льда (tílʹda) [feminine] (Russian), tilda [feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), tilde [feminine, masculine] (Spanish), virgulilla [feminine] (Spanish), tilde [common-gender, neuter] (Swedish), ти́льда (týlʹda) [feminine] (Ukrainian), dấu ngã (Vietnamese), tild [masculine] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-tilde-en-noun-05bJSz7N Disambiguation of Buttons: 40 13 34 13 Disambiguation of Diacritical marks: 56 23 14 7 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 46 12 35 7 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 59 7 24 10 Disambiguation of 'diacritical mark': 79 6 13 2
  2. The grapheme of character ~.
    A punctuation mark that indicates range (from a number to another number).
    Categories (topical): Buttons, Punctuation marks
    Sense id: en-tilde-en-noun-ZLr28skR Disambiguation of Buttons: 40 13 34 13 Disambiguation of Punctuation marks: 32 45 16 8
  3. The grapheme of character ~.
    May be used to represent approximation (mathematics).
    Categories (topical): Buttons
    Sense id: en-tilde-en-noun-5N69Cfs1 Disambiguation of Buttons: 40 13 34 13
  4. (logic) The character used to represent negation, usually ~ or ¬. Categories (topical): Logic, Buttons Translations (character): vlnovka [feminine] (Czech), tilde (Dutch), aaltoviiva (Finnish), tilde (Finnish), Tilde [feminine] (German), περισπωμένη (perispoméni) [feminine] (Greek), ти́лда (tílda) [feminine] (Macedonian), tylda [feminine] (Polish), til [masculine] (Portuguese), ти́льда (tílʹda) [feminine] (Russian), tilde (Spanish), ти́льда (týlʹda) [feminine] (Ukrainian), tild [masculine] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-tilde-en-noun-2SiVPVly Disambiguation of Buttons: 40 13 34 13 Topics: human-sciences, logic, mathematics, philosophy, sciences Disambiguation of 'character': 22 22 22 33
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: squiggle, twiddle Derived forms: middle tilde, overtilde, undertilde, zilde Related terms: ASCII, hyphen, swung dash (english: Specific type of tilde), positioned in middle height of line

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "word": "middle tilde"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "overtilde"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "undertilde"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "zilde"
    }
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      },
      "expansion": "Spanish tilde",
      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "la",
        "3": "titulus",
        "4": "",
        "5": "superscript"
      },
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      "name": "der"
    },
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      "args": {
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      },
      "expansion": "tildar",
      "name": "m"
    },
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        "2": "titer/titre",
        "3": "title",
        "4": "titlo",
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      },
      "expansion": "Doublet of titer/titre, title, titlo, tittle, and titulus",
      "name": "doublet"
    }
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  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Spanish tilde, from Latin titulus (“superscript”) or from tildar. Doublet of titer/titre, title, titlo, tittle, and titulus.",
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      "tags": [
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    }
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "ASCII"
    },
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    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "english": "Specific type of tilde",
      "word": "swung dash"
    },
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    }
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          "_dis": "46 12 35 7",
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          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
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            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
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          "_dis": "59 7 24 10",
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            "Machines",
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            "Human",
            "Communication",
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            "Fundamental"
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        {
          "ref": "2021, Claire Cock-Starkey, Hyphens & Hashtags, Bodleian Library, page 162",
          "text": "The tilde was used similarly in Portuguese on vowels to show that the letter bearing the tilde should be pronounced nasally.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
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        "The grapheme of character ~.",
        "A diacritical mark (˜) placed above a letter to modify its pronunciation, such as by palatalization in Spanish words or nasalization in Portuguese words."
      ],
      "id": "en-tilde-en-noun-05bJSz7N",
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          "~",
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        [
          "diacritical mark",
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        ],
        [
          "˜",
          "˜#Translingual"
        ],
        [
          "palatalization",
          "palatalization"
        ],
        [
          "nasalization",
          "nasalization"
        ]
      ],
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        {
          "_dis1": "79 6 13 2",
          "code": "ar",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "tilda",
          "sense": "diacritical mark",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "تِلْدَة"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "79 6 13 2",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "tilda",
          "sense": "diacritical mark",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "тилда"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "79 6 13 2",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "diacritical mark",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "titlla"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "79 6 13 2",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "diacritical mark",
          "word": "∼"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "79 6 13 2",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "diacritical mark",
          "word": "~"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "79 6 13 2",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "diacritical mark",
          "word": "波浪號"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "79 6 13 2",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "bōlànghào",
          "sense": "diacritical mark",
          "word": "波浪号"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "79 6 13 2",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "bōlàngfú",
          "sense": "diacritical mark",
          "word": "波浪符"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "79 6 13 2",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "diacritical mark",
          "word": "波形號"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "79 6 13 2",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "bōxínghào",
          "sense": "diacritical mark",
          "word": "波形号"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "79 6 13 2",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "diacritical mark",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "vlnovka"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "79 6 13 2",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "diacritical mark",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "tilda"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "79 6 13 2",
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "diacritical mark",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "tilde"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "79 6 13 2",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "diacritical mark",
          "word": "tilde"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "79 6 13 2",
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "diacritical mark",
          "word": "tildo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "79 6 13 2",
          "code": "et",
          "lang": "Estonian",
          "sense": "diacritical mark",
          "word": "tilde"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "79 6 13 2",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "diacritical mark",
          "word": "aaltoviiva"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "79 6 13 2",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "diacritical mark",
          "word": "tilde"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "79 6 13 2",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "diacritical mark",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "tilde"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "79 6 13 2",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "diacritical mark",
          "word": "Schlangenlinie"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "79 6 13 2",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "diacritical mark",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Tilde"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "79 6 13 2",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "perispoméni",
          "sense": "diacritical mark",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "περισπωμένη"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "79 6 13 2",
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "gál",
          "sense": "diacritical mark",
          "word": "גַּל"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "79 6 13 2",
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "zarqá",
          "sense": "diacritical mark",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "זַרְקָא"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "79 6 13 2",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "diacritical mark",
          "word": "hullámvonal"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "79 6 13 2",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "diacritical mark",
          "word": "tilde"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "79 6 13 2",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "diacritical mark",
          "word": "hullám"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "79 6 13 2",
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "diacritical mark",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "bylgja"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "79 6 13 2",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "diacritical mark",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "tilde"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "79 6 13 2",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "chiruda",
          "sense": "diacritical mark",
          "word": "チルダ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "79 6 13 2",
          "code": "ckb",
          "lang": "Central Kurdish",
          "roman": "keşe",
          "sense": "diacritical mark",
          "word": "کەشە"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "79 6 13 2",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "tílda",
          "sense": "diacritical mark",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "ти́лда"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "79 6 13 2",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "diacritical mark",
          "word": "tire"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "79 6 13 2",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "diacritical mark",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "tylda"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "79 6 13 2",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "diacritical mark",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "til"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "79 6 13 2",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "diacritical mark",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "tildă"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "79 6 13 2",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "tílʹda",
          "sense": "diacritical mark",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "ти́льда"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "79 6 13 2",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "diacritical mark",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "tilda"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "79 6 13 2",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "diacritical mark",
          "tags": [
            "feminine",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "tilde"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "79 6 13 2",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "diacritical mark",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "virgulilla"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "79 6 13 2",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "diacritical mark",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender",
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "tilde"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "79 6 13 2",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "týlʹda",
          "sense": "diacritical mark",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "ти́льда"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "79 6 13 2",
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "diacritical mark",
          "word": "dấu ngã"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "79 6 13 2",
          "code": "cy",
          "lang": "Welsh",
          "sense": "diacritical mark",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "tild"
        }
      ]
    },
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          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Buttons",
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            "Machines",
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          "name": "Punctuation marks",
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            "Human behaviour",
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            "Fundamental"
          ],
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        }
      ],
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        "The grapheme of character ~.",
        "A punctuation mark that indicates range (from a number to another number)."
      ],
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            "Technology",
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The grapheme of character ~.",
        "May be used to represent approximation (mathematics)."
      ],
      "id": "en-tilde-en-noun-5N69Cfs1",
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        [
          "~",
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        [
          "approximation",
          "approximation"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
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          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Logic",
          "orig": "en:Logic",
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            "Philosophy",
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            "Fundamental"
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            "Technology",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The character used to represent negation, usually ~ or ¬."
      ],
      "id": "en-tilde-en-noun-2SiVPVly",
      "links": [
        [
          "logic",
          "logic"
        ],
        [
          "negation",
          "negation"
        ],
        [
          "~",
          "~"
        ],
        [
          "¬",
          "¬"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(logic) The character used to represent negation, usually ~ or ¬."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "human-sciences",
        "logic",
        "mathematics",
        "philosophy",
        "sciences"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "22 22 22 33",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "character",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "vlnovka"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "22 22 22 33",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "character",
          "word": "tilde"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "22 22 22 33",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "character",
          "word": "aaltoviiva"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "22 22 22 33",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "character",
          "word": "tilde"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "22 22 22 33",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "character",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Tilde"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "22 22 22 33",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "perispoméni",
          "sense": "character",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "περισπωμένη"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "22 22 22 33",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "tílda",
          "sense": "character",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "ти́лда"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "22 22 22 33",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "character",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "tylda"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "22 22 22 33",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "character",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "til"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "22 22 22 33",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "tílʹda",
          "sense": "character",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "ти́льда"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "22 22 22 33",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "character",
          "word": "tilde"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "22 22 22 33",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "týlʹda",
          "sense": "character",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "ти́льда"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "22 22 22 33",
          "code": "cy",
          "lang": "Welsh",
          "sense": "character",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "tild"
        }
      ]
    }
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      "ipa": "/ˈtɪldə/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈtɪldi/"
    },
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      "rhymes": "-ɪldə"
    },
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      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a6/En-us-tilde-2.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
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    },
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      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/86/En-us-tilde.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "squiggle"
    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "twiddle"
    }
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    "tilde"
  ],
  "word": "tilde"
}
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    "English countable nouns",
    "English doublets",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English entries with topic categories using raw markup",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English terms borrowed from Spanish",
    "English terms derived from Latin",
    "English terms derived from Spanish",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with audio links",
    "Requests for review of Catalan translations",
    "Requests for review of Dutch translations",
    "Requests for review of Interlingua translations",
    "Rhymes:English/ɪldə",
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    "en:Diacritical marks",
    "en:Punctuation marks"
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    {
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      "word": "zilde"
    }
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        "2": "es",
        "3": "tilde"
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      "name": "bor"
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        "2": "la",
        "3": "titulus",
        "4": "",
        "5": "superscript"
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      "name": "der"
    },
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      },
      "expansion": "tildar",
      "name": "m"
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        "3": "title",
        "4": "titlo",
        "5": "tittle",
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      "name": "doublet"
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      "tags": [
        "plural"
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    }
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      "word": "hyphen"
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      "word": "swung dash"
    },
    {
      "word": "positioned in middle height of line"
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          "ref": "2021, Claire Cock-Starkey, Hyphens & Hashtags, Bodleian Library, page 162",
          "text": "The tilde was used similarly in Portuguese on vowels to show that the letter bearing the tilde should be pronounced nasally.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
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        "The grapheme of character ~.",
        "A diacritical mark (˜) placed above a letter to modify its pronunciation, such as by palatalization in Spanish words or nasalization in Portuguese words."
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          "diacritical mark",
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          "˜",
          "˜#Translingual"
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    {
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        "The grapheme of character ~.",
        "A punctuation mark that indicates range (from a number to another number)."
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        [
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          "punctuation mark"
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    {
      "glosses": [
        "The grapheme of character ~.",
        "May be used to represent approximation (mathematics)."
      ],
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        [
          "~",
          "~"
        ],
        [
          "approximation",
          "approximation"
        ]
      ]
    },
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      "categories": [
        "en:Logic"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The character used to represent negation, usually ~ or ¬."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "logic",
          "logic"
        ],
        [
          "negation",
          "negation"
        ],
        [
          "~",
          "~"
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        [
          "¬",
          "¬"
        ]
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        "(logic) The character used to represent negation, usually ~ or ¬."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "human-sciences",
        "logic",
        "mathematics",
        "philosophy",
        "sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈtɪldə/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈtɪldi/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɪldə"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-tilde-2.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/a/a6/En-us-tilde-2.ogg/En-us-tilde-2.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a6/En-us-tilde-2.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    },
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      "audio": "en-us-tilde.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/8/86/En-us-tilde.ogg/En-us-tilde.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/86/En-us-tilde.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
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    }
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    {
      "word": "squiggle"
    },
    {
      "word": "twiddle"
    }
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    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "tilda",
      "sense": "diacritical mark",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "تِلْدَة"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "tilda",
      "sense": "diacritical mark",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "тилда"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "diacritical mark",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "titlla"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "diacritical mark",
      "word": "∼"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "diacritical mark",
      "word": "~"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "diacritical mark",
      "word": "波浪號"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "bōlànghào",
      "sense": "diacritical mark",
      "word": "波浪号"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "bōlàngfú",
      "sense": "diacritical mark",
      "word": "波浪符"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "diacritical mark",
      "word": "波形號"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "bōxínghào",
      "sense": "diacritical mark",
      "word": "波形号"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "diacritical mark",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "vlnovka"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "diacritical mark",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "tilda"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "diacritical mark",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "tilde"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "diacritical mark",
      "word": "tilde"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "diacritical mark",
      "word": "tildo"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "diacritical mark",
      "word": "tilde"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "diacritical mark",
      "word": "aaltoviiva"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "diacritical mark",
      "word": "tilde"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "diacritical mark",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "tilde"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "diacritical mark",
      "word": "Schlangenlinie"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "diacritical mark",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Tilde"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "perispoméni",
      "sense": "diacritical mark",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "περισπωμένη"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "gál",
      "sense": "diacritical mark",
      "word": "גַּל"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "zarqá",
      "sense": "diacritical mark",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "זַרְקָא"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "diacritical mark",
      "word": "hullámvonal"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "diacritical mark",
      "word": "tilde"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "diacritical mark",
      "word": "hullám"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "diacritical mark",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "bylgja"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "diacritical mark",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "tilde"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "chiruda",
      "sense": "diacritical mark",
      "word": "チルダ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ckb",
      "lang": "Central Kurdish",
      "roman": "keşe",
      "sense": "diacritical mark",
      "word": "کەشە"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "tílda",
      "sense": "diacritical mark",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ти́лда"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "diacritical mark",
      "word": "tire"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "diacritical mark",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "tylda"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "diacritical mark",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "til"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "diacritical mark",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "tildă"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "tílʹda",
      "sense": "diacritical mark",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ти́льда"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "diacritical mark",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "tilda"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "diacritical mark",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "tilde"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "diacritical mark",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "virgulilla"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "diacritical mark",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender",
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "tilde"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "týlʹda",
      "sense": "diacritical mark",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ти́льда"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "diacritical mark",
      "word": "dấu ngã"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "diacritical mark",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "tild"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "character",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "vlnovka"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "character",
      "word": "tilde"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "character",
      "word": "aaltoviiva"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "character",
      "word": "tilde"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "character",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Tilde"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "perispoméni",
      "sense": "character",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "περισπωμένη"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "tílda",
      "sense": "character",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ти́лда"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "character",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "tylda"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "character",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "til"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "tílʹda",
      "sense": "character",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ти́льда"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "character",
      "word": "tilde"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "týlʹda",
      "sense": "character",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ти́льда"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "character",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "tild"
    }
  ],
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    "tilde"
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}

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