Meaning

2 senses
  1. Any small dot, stroke, or diacritical mark, especially if part of a letter, or of a letter-like abbreviation; in particular, the dots over the Latin letters i and j.

    Punkt

    то́чкаtóčka

  2. (broadly)A small, insignificant amount (of something); a modicum or speck.

    ка́пелькаkápelʹka, чу́точкаčútočka

More definitions
  • a tiny or scarcely detectable amount

Examples

1 sentences
  1. The tittles aren't lined up, which ruins the look of the typeface for me.

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Translations

6 languages
Русский
By meaning 2
in particular: dot on i and j:
a small amount:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
in particular: dot on i and j:

Origin

From Middle English tytle, titel, titele, from Anglo-Norman titil, titule and Medieval Lat

From Middle English tytle, titel, titele, from Anglo-Norman titil, titule and Medieval Latin titulus (“small stroke, diacritical mark, accent”), from Latin titulus (“title”). Doublet of tilde, titer/titre, title, titlo, and titulus.

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Forms

plural: tittles
Singulartittle
Pluraltittles

regular

Synonyms

8 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

9 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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