tilde

See also: Tilde, and tildé

English

WOTD – 25 July 2007

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish tilde, from Latin titulus (“superscript”) or from tildar. Doublet of titer/titre, title, titlo, tittle, and titulus. Compare Portuguese til.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɪldə/, /ˈtɪldi/

• Audio (US):

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• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -ɪldə

Noun

tilde grapheme

tilde (plural tildes)

1. The grapheme of character ~.
   1. A diacritical mark (˜) placed above a letter to modify its pronunciation, such as by palatalization in Spanish words or nasalization in Portuguese words.
      • 2021, Claire Cock-Starkey, Hyphens & Hashtags, Bodleian Library, page 162:

        The tilde was used similarly in Portuguese on vowels to show that the letter bearing the tilde should be pronounced nasally.

   2. A tone mark placed above a vowel in Vietnamese to indicate a creaky rising tone.
   3. A punctuation mark that indicates range (from a number to another number).
   4. May be used to represent approximation (mathematics).
2. (logic) The character used to represent negation, usually ~ or ¬.

Usage notes

Commonly used for these letters: ã and õ (Portuguese), and ñ (Spanish); Vietnamese, Guaraní etc. use it for several other letters.

Synonyms

• squiggle, twiddle

Derived terms

• middle tilde
• overtilde
• undertilde
• zilde

Translations

diacritical mark

• Arabic: تِلْدَة f (tilda)
• Bulgarian: тилда f (tilda)
• Catalan: titlla (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: ∼, ~ (zh), 波浪號／波浪号 (zh) (bōlànghào), 波浪符 (bōlàngfú), 波形號／波形号 (bōxínghào)

• Czech: vlnovka f, tilda f
• Danish: tilde (da) c
• Dutch: tilde (nl)
• Esperanto: tildo
• Estonian: tilde (et)
• Finnish: aaltoviiva (fi), tilde (fi)
• French: tilde (fr) m
• German: Schlangenlinie (de), Tilde (de) f
• Greek: περισπωμένη (el) f (perispoméni)
• Hebrew: גַּל (he) (gál), זַרְקָא (he) m (zarqá)
• Hungarian: hullámvonal (hu), tilde (hu), hullám (hu)
• Icelandic: bylgja (is) f
• Italian: tilde (it) f
• Japanese: チルダ (ja) (chiruda)
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: کەشە (ckb) (keşe)

• Macedonian: ти́лда f (tílda)
• Maori: tire
• Polish: tylda (pl) f
• Portuguese: til (pt) m
• Romanian: tildă (ro) f
• Russian: ти́льда (ru) f (tílʹda)
• Serbo-Croatian: tilda (sh) f
• Spanish: tilde (es) m or f, virgulilla (es) f
• Swedish: tilde (sv) n or c
• Ukrainian: ти́льда f (týlʹda)
• Vietnamese: dấu mềm
• Welsh: tild m

tone mark

• Vietnamese: dấu ngã (vi)

character

• Czech: vlnovka f
• Dutch: tilde (nl)
• Finnish: aaltoviiva (fi), tilde (fi)
• German: Tilde (de) f
• Greek: περισπωμένη (el) f (perispoméni)
• Macedonian: ти́лда f (tílda)
• Polish: tylda (pl) f
• Portuguese: til (pt) m
• Russian: ти́льда (ru) f (tílʹda)
• Spanish: tilde (es)
• Ukrainian: ти́льда f (týlʹda)
• Vietnamese: dấu sóng
• Welsh: tild m

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Catalan: ^{(please verify)} titlla (ca)
• Dutch: ^{(please verify)} tilde (nl)
• Interlingua: ^{(please verify)} tilde

See also

• ASCII
• hyphen
• swung dash – Specific type of tilde, positioned in middle height of line.
• apex – visually similar diacritic in Middle Vietnamese that is often confused with the tilde

Anagrams

• lited, tiled

Asturian

Noun

tilde f (plural tildes)

1. (orthography) accent

Synonyms

• acentu

Crimean Tatar

Noun

tilde

1. locative singular of til

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Verb

tilde

1. inflection of tillen:
   1. singular past indicative
   2. (dated or formal) singular past subjunctive

Anagrams

• leidt

Finnish

Etymology

From Spanish tilde.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtilde/, [ˈt̪ilde̞]
• Rhymes: -ilde
• Syllabification^(key): til‧de

Noun

tilde

1. tilde

Declension

Inflection of tilde (Kotus type 8/nalle, no gradation)
nominative		tilde	tildet
genitive		tilden	tildejen
partitive		tildeä	tildejä
illative		tildeen	tildeihin
		singular	plural
nominative		tilde	tildet
accusative	nom.	tilde	tildet
	gen.	tilden
genitive		tilden	tildejen tildein rare
partitive		tildeä	tildejä
inessive		tildessä	tildeissä
elative		tildestä	tildeistä
illative		tildeen	tildeihin
adessive		tildellä	tildeillä
ablative		tildeltä	tildeiltä
allative		tildelle	tildeille
essive		tildenä	tildeinä
translative		tildeksi	tildeiksi
abessive		tildettä	tildeittä
instructive		—	tildein
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of tilde (Kotus type 8/nalle, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative tildeni tildeni accusative nom. tildeni tildeni gen. tildeni genitive tildeni tildejeni tildeini rare partitive tildeäni tildejäni inessive tildessäni tildeissäni elative tildestäni tildeistäni illative tildeeni tildeihini adessive tildelläni tildeilläni ablative tildeltäni tildeiltäni allative tildelleni tildeilleni essive tildenäni tildeinäni translative tildekseni tildeikseni abessive tildettäni tildeittäni instructive — — comitative — tildeineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative tildesi tildesi accusative nom. tildesi tildesi gen. tildesi genitive tildesi tildejesi tildeisi rare partitive tildeäsi tildejäsi inessive tildessäsi tildeissäsi elative tildestäsi tildeistäsi illative tildeesi tildeihisi adessive tildelläsi tildeilläsi ablative tildeltäsi tildeiltäsi allative tildellesi tildeillesi essive tildenäsi tildeinäsi translative tildeksesi tildeiksesi abessive tildettäsi tildeittäsi instructive — — comitative — tildeinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative tildemme tildemme accusative nom. tildemme tildemme gen. tildemme genitive tildemme tildejemme tildeimme rare partitive tildeämme tildejämme inessive tildessämme tildeissämme elative tildestämme tildeistämme illative tildeemme tildeihimme adessive tildellämme tildeillämme ablative tildeltämme tildeiltämme allative tildellemme tildeillemme essive tildenämme tildeinämme translative tildeksemme tildeiksemme abessive tildettämme tildeittämme instructive — — comitative — tildeinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative tildenne tildenne accusative nom. tildenne tildenne gen. tildenne genitive tildenne tildejenne tildeinne rare partitive tildeänne tildejänne inessive tildessänne tildeissänne elative tildestänne tildeistänne illative tildeenne tildeihinne adessive tildellänne tildeillänne ablative tildeltänne tildeiltänne allative tildellenne tildeillenne essive tildenänne tildeinänne translative tildeksenne tildeiksenne abessive tildettänne tildeittänne instructive — — comitative — tildeinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative tildensä tildensä accusative nom. tildensä tildensä gen. tildensä genitive tildensä tildejensä tildeinsä rare partitive tildeään tildeänsä tildejään tildejänsä inessive tildessään tildessänsä tildeissään tildeissänsä elative tildestään tildestänsä tildeistään tildeistänsä illative tildeensä tildeihinsä adessive tildellään tildellänsä tildeillään tildeillänsä ablative tildeltään tildeltänsä tildeiltään tildeiltänsä allative tildelleen tildellensä tildeilleen tildeillensä essive tildenään tildenänsä tildeinään tildeinänsä translative tildekseen tildeksensä tildeikseen tildeiksensä abessive tildettään tildettänsä tildeittään tildeittänsä instructive — — comitative — tildeineen tildeinensä

Synonyms

• aaltoviiva

Further reading

• “tilde”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tild/

• Audio:

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Noun

tilde m (plural tildes)

1. tilde

Further reading

• “tilde”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• délit, ledit

Interlingua

Noun

tilde

1. tilde

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtil.de/
• Rhymes: -ilde
• Hyphenation: tìl‧de

Noun

tilde m or f (plural tildi)

1. tilde (all senses)
2. (typography) tilde, squiggle

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtilde/ [ˈt̪il̪.d̪e]

• Audio (Colombia):

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• Rhymes: -ilde
• Syllabification: til‧de

Etymology 1

Deverbal from tildar or from Latin titulus, possibly through an Old Catalan or Old Provençal intermediate (accounting for the final -e instead of -o).

Noun

tilde f or (less commonly) m (plural tildes)

1. accent mark, i.e. acute accent

   Synonym: acento ortográfico

2. tilde

   Synonym: virgulilla

3. criticism, censure

Usage notes

• In Spanish, the term tilde refers to a diacritic in general (including the tilde on top of ñ) but it is primarily used to designate the acute accent, as in á. The term virgulilla is used to specifically refer to the tilde on top of ñ.

Derived terms

• atildar

 

Descendants

• → English: tilde
• → Japanese: チルダ (chiruda)
• → Polish: tylda
• → Russian: ти́льда (tílʹda)
• → Serbo-Croatian: ти̑лда / tȋlda
• → Turkish: tilde

See also

• acento diacrítico, when used to distinguish “el” from “él”, for instance

Etymology 2

Verb

tilde

1. inflection of tildar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “tilde”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish tilde, with semantic loan from English tilde.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈtilde/ [ˈt̪il.d̪ɛ]
• Rhymes: -ilde
• Syllabification: til‧de

Noun

tilde (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜒᜎ᜔ᜇᜒ)

1. tilde
2. accent mark

   Synonym: tuldik

Further reading

• “tilde” at KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino‎^[2], Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2021
• “tilde”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish tilde.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [tilde]

Noun

tilde (definite accusative tildeyi, plural tildeler)

1. tilde

Declension

Inflection
Nominative	tilde
Definite accusative	tildeyi
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	tilde	tildeler
Definite accusative	tildeyi	tildeleri
Dative	tildeye	tildelere
Locative	tildede	tildelerde
Ablative	tildeden	tildelerden
Genitive	tildenin	tildelerin