TILDE
What does "TILDE" mean?
The wavy mark (~) placed over a letter, as in Spanish ñ, or used as a symbol in math and computing.
Meanings
- A diacritical mark (~) written above a letter to change its pronunciation, as over the n in Spanish 'mañana'. The tilde turns the Spanish n into the 'ny' sound in 'señor'.
- The ~ character used in mathematics, logic, or computing, often to mean 'approximately' or to denote a home directory. In the terminal, the tilde stands for your home folder. technical
Did you know?
- The Spanish tilde started as a money-and-space-saving trick: medieval scribes wrote a tiny squiggle above a letter to stand in for a missing 'n' or 'm', and over centuries that squiggle hardened into the mark over ñ.
Word origin
From Spanish 'tilde', from Latin 'titulus' meaning 'title' or 'superscription'; the mark was originally a small superscript abbreviation sign in medieval manuscripts.
Remember it
TILDE = 'TILDE' sounds like 'tilled' earth - the wavy plowed furrow (~) sitting on top of the n.
A little poem
A wave above n-
small ghost of a vanished m
still riding the line.
haiku
Wordplay
- Why is the tilde so chill? It's always saying 'approximately, no big deal.'
What it teaches
The smallest mark can change a whole meaning; precision is rarely about size.
Quick facts
What does TILDE mean?
The wavy mark (~) placed over a letter, as in Spanish ñ, or used as a symbol in math and computing.
Is TILDE a valid word?
Yes — TILDE is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is TILDE?
TILDE has 5 letters and 2 syllables.
Where does TILDE come from?
From Spanish 'tilde', from Latin 'titulus' meaning 'title' or 'superscription'; the mark was originally a small superscript abbreviation sign in medieval manuscripts.
What can TILDE teach us?
The smallest mark can change a whole meaning; precision is rarely about size.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.