sigil

See also: siğil

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin sigillum (“little sign”). Doublet of seal.

Pronunciation

enPR: sĭjĭl, IPA^(key): /ˈsɪdʒɪl/
enPR: sĭjəl, IPA^(key): /ˈsɪdʒəl/
Hyphenation: sigil
Rhymes: -ɪdʒəl

Noun

sigil (plural sigils)

A seal, signature or signet.
An occult or magical sign, image or symbol.
(programming) A nonalphanumeric character affixed to a symbol (e.g. variable) to indicate a property such as type or scope.

Derived terms

Derived terms

sigillistic
sigillography
twigil

Translations

seal, signature or signet

Danish: segl (da) n
Dutch: zegel (nl) n
German: Siegel (de) m
Greek: σφραγίδα (el) f (sfragída)
Hungarian: pecsét (hu)

Irish: séala m
Norwegian: segl (no) n
Portuguese: selo (pt) m
Spanish: sigilo (es) m

magical sign

computing: character affixed to a symbol

Spanish: sigilo (es) m

See also

Hungarian notation

Anagrams

igils

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin sigillum. Doublet of segell.

Pronunciation

(Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /siˈʒil/

(Valencian) IPA^(key): /siˈd͡ʒil/

Noun

sigil m (plural sigils)

secrecy

Related terms

sigil·lós

Further reading

“sigil” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

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