tilde
/ˈtɪldə/
US pronunciation
American sound/ˈtɪldə/
tilde
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Stress
- 1st syllable stress
- Vowel
- Schwa vowel
- Ending
- Final e often stays silent
US voice -> tilde
Myanmar meaning
နှာသံပြအမှတ်အသား။ ~ ။ (စပိန် ဘာသာ၌ n ဗျည်းပေါ်တွင် ရေးတင်၍ v သံထွက် စေသည်။ ပေါ်တူဂီ ဘာသာ စကား၌ a (quiÖ) o သရပေါ် ရေးတင်၍ နှာသံ ထွက်စေသည်။ အပြည်ပြည်သုံး သဒ္ဒဗေဒ အက္ခရာများ၌ နှာသံ ပြအက္ခရာ အမှတ် အသား အဖြစ် သုံးသည်။)
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- ‘The tilde over the letter o is a dead giveaway as the other languages don't have it.’
- ‘In modern Paraguayan orthography, the nasal vowels are represented with the nasal tilde (~) over the oral version of the vowel.’
- ‘A tilde over the vowel indicates a high broken tone, in which the voice starts slightly above the middle of the normal speaking voice range, drops and then rises abruptly.’
- ‘The fact that the singer was Spanish and that the programme printed the song title with a tilde might have been a clue, anyway.’
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