Tilde (noun)
til-da
An accent (~) placed over Spanish n when pronounced ny (as in señor) or Portuguese a or o when nasalized (as in São Paulo), or over a vowel in phonetic transcription, indicating nasalization.
Mid 19th century from Spanish, based on Latin titulus (see title).
Example sentences
“The missing tilde meant it was being pronounced incorrectly.”
Hajji (noun) hadj-ee A muslim who has gone on pilgrimage to Mecca. First recorded in 1600–10; from Arabic ḥajjī, equivalent to ḥajj “pilgrimage” + -ī a suffix indicating relationship or…
