tilde
noun
a diacritic (~) placed over an n, as in Spanish mañana, to indicate a palatal nasal sound or over a vowel, as in Portuguese são, to indicate nasalization.
tildes
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pluralof tilde.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Batiste, who is not a native Spanish speaker, was nervous about navigating the tildes and the rolling Rs.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 7, 2021
In a 2001 post, the blogger Tara Liloia proposed that tildes might be used to indicate sarcasm.
From New York Times ● Dec. 9, 2020
She lives her life in Spanish, and she is tapping out messages filled with tildes via her social-media networks, nudging friends to donate.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 16, 2016
Others are quirky, incorporating tildes, fuchsia-colored fonts, and motivational platitudes.
From Slate ● Jan. 12, 2015
Written Astrolinguish was awash in diacritical marks, with lots of umlauts, accents, and tildes.
From "The 57 Bus" by Dashka Slater
