Category:Tilde

Til"de, n. Etym: [sp., fr. L. titulus a superscription, title, token, Sign. See title, n.]

Defn: 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.