tilde

Pronunciation:  US [ˈtɪldə] UK ['tɪldə]
  • n.Palatalized (~) (in some languages, certain vowel sounds of the alphabet and the international phonetic alphabet, pronunciation)
  • WebThe tilde; tilde; instead of symbols
n.
1.
the symbol ~ that is written over the letter  n” in Spanish, and  a” and  o” in Portuguese to change the way that they are pronounced