What is the name of the symbol in the picture?

Correct answer: Tilde

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Player Peña Power
Player Peña Power
Annie, with my name the tilde has the N pronounced with a Y after the N. So instead of saying Peena you say Penya.
Tango51
Tango51
johnnyzoom7, wiggle it more than once, you're playing with it!!! LMAO!!!
Bjach
Bjach
Got it right but I didn't know it has a meaning.
WaldoLydeker
WaldoLydeker
jerryp80, and I'll be using it tilde end of time.
Sully Girl
Sully Girl
interesting! I got this by process of elimination but never knew what this symbol was called , love learning new things
Dezza
Dezza
I know ofmg a teacher who had a girl in their class once whose name was spelled Ma~a. Yes, that would be Matilda.
Player Peña Power
Player Peña Power
in my name Peña
Player #10894123
Player #10894123
believe or not my name is Tilde. It's very popular in France
Player #47714581
Player #47714581
that answer is wrong that is a virgulilla and it goes on top of Letter N to for the Ñ in Spanish exem..piña peña niña ...a tilde is the symbol to indicate a strong pronunciation on spanish letters
EH
EH
That is not a tilde. It is a vergulilla.
PerkyLin
PerkyLin
Giggle pig, Nope! Verguililla is Spanish for tilde.
wayne
wayne
i learnned a dash with a tilde above it was circa. as in approximately 100 years ago
Chiquita
Chiquita
Dezza, therefore more like a hyphen which is what I answered.
Chiquita
Chiquita
That is not what I was taught in my Colombian school for 11 years!! Tilde is the dash that goes above certain letters to change the accentuation of it!!! Not happy with this answer
arohanui
arohanui
I had no idea it meant approximately. But it does change the pronunciation of n to ñ - ny.
Giggle pig
Giggle pig
Player #47714581, the ~is a mathematical symbol.
Giggle pig
Giggle pig
Player #47714581, what you’re describing are two different things. The ~and the virguililla.
Player #66817220
Player #66817220
WaldoLydeker, ñever say that agaiñ!
Player #42172574
Player #42172574
Thanks for this info... and all who commented. Thus, adds my know-how...
Riz
Riz
New information for me. Thank you.
bribiepete
bribiepete
Every English-language website I have found says that a tilde is this symbol ~ I think we (English) may have 'borrowed' the name incorrectly.
Player Gigi #28446253
Player Gigi #28446253
I forwarded about the "almost" meaning in math, only remembered the enya over an N in Spanish.
Rami Shaqqouri
Rami Shaqqouri
(~) placed over Spanish n when pronounced ny (as in señor )
Phil Oliver
Phil Oliver
Used in the Portuguese word for ' no ' = Não
LleidaLiz
LleidaLiz
I use it a lot, instead of writing 'ish' 😁
Player #31034244
Player #31034244
PMP, It is both.
Recklen
Recklen
On your QWERTY keyboard it's on the upper left
Uninitialized
Uninitialized
never seen it used in English only languages like Spanish and similar languages, also never got that taught in school either and I'm 60 so it's a first for me
Player #21374632
Player #21374632
Tango51, never heard of that, lol
Player #23586710
Player #23586710
need to use this sign xx
Player  Valicha
Player Valicha
Not a tilde. Pasó-tilde es de symbol on the o
Glänzendmir2825✨
Glänzendmir2825✨
Actually, I knew the other three except the right option, therefore, my answer was right... 😁
Player #19814377
Player #19814377
in Portuguese are used to Augmentative. Eg: big boy/ boy:garoto ;garotão
PMP
PMP
If it comes from Spanish, "tilde" refers to the accent on vowels "í, á, ó, ú, é" and not to the sign on ñ.
Nannad
Nannad
😳😳😳
Player Lucki
Player Lucki
aragogandshelob, I would think that would be pronounced Maya.