See tilde in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"sense": "diacritical mark",
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"sense": "diacritical mark",
"word": "∼"
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"sense": "diacritical mark",
"word": "~"
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"roman": "bōlànghào",
"sense": "diacritical mark",
"word": "波浪號 /波浪号"
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"roman": "bōlàngfú",
"sense": "diacritical mark",
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"word": "Schlangenlinie"
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"word": "גַּל"
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"roman": "zarqá",
"sense": "diacritical mark",
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},
{
"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 mềm"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "diacritical mark",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "tild"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "tone mark",
"word": "dấu ngã"
},
{
"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": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "character",
"word": "dấu sóng"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "character",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "tild"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"tilde"
],
"word": "tilde"
}
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