tilde
(noun) 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
Source: WordNet® 3.1
tilde (plural tildes)
The grapheme of character ~.
A diacritical mark (Ëś) placed above a letter to modify its pronunciation, such as by palatalization in Spanish words or nasalization in Portuguese words.
A punctuation mark that indicates range (from a number to another number).
May be used to represent approximation (mathematics).
(logic) The character used to represent negation, usually ~ or ¬.
Commonly used for these letters: ã and õ (Portuguese), and ñ (Spanish); Vietnamese, Guaranà etc. use it for several other letters.
• squiggle, twiddle
• lited, tiled
Source: Wiktionary
Til"de, n. Etym: [Sp., fr. L. titulus a superscription, title, token, sign. See Title, n.]
Definition: The accentual mark placed over n, and sometimes over l, in Spanish words [thus, ñ, l], indicating that, in pronunciation, the sound of the following vowel is to be preceded by that of the initial, or consonantal, y.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
20 June 2025
(adjective) marked by simplicity; having a humble opinion of yourself; “a modest apartment”; “too modest to wear his medals”
Coffee dates back to the 9th century. Goat herders in Ethiopia noticed their goats seem to be “dancing” after eating berries from a particular shrub. They reported it to the local monastery, and a monk made a drink out of it. The monk found out he felt energized and kept him awake at night. That’s how the first coffee drink was born.
