sigla

English

Noun

sigla

  1. plural of siglum

Anagrams


Catalan

Noun

sigla f (plural sigles)

  1. initial (first letter of a word)

Faroese

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈsɪɡla]

Verb

sigla (third person singular past indicative sigldi, third person plural past indicative siglt, supine siglt)

  1. to sail

Conjugation


French

Pronunciation

Verb

sigla

  1. third-person singular past historic of sigler

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse sigla, from Proto-Germanic *siglijaną.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsɪkla/
  • Rhymes: -ɪkla

Verb

sigla (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative sigldi, supine siglt)

  1. to sail

Conjugation

Noun

sigla f (genitive singular siglu, nominative plural siglur)

  1. mast

Declension

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Italian

Noun

sigla f (plural sigle)

  1. acronym, abbreviation, initialism
  2. (in the plural) initials
  3. monogram
  4. theme song, leitmotif, short melody that opens or closes a radio/television broadcast (see: avansigla)

Derived terms

Verb

sigla

  1. third-person singular present indicative of siglare
  2. second-person singular imperative of siglare

Latin

Noun

sigla

  1. nominative plural of siglum
  2. accusative plural of siglum
  3. vocative plural of siglum

References

  • sigla in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • sigla in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

sigla (imperative sigl, present tense siglar or sigler, simple past sigla or siglde, past participle sigla or siglt, present participle siglande)

  1. Alternative form of segle

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin sigla, plural of siglum (abbreviation).

Pronunciation

  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈsi.ɡla/, /ˈsi.ɡlɐ/
  • Hyphenation: si‧gla

Noun

sigla f (plural siglas)

  1. acronym (word formed by initial letters)
  2. monogram (letter or other symbol that stands for a word or name)

Usage notes

Some make a distinction between sigla and acrónimo, where acrónimo is an acronym pronounced as if it were a single word and sigla one where each letter is pronounced individually.

Synonyms

  • siglema
  • siglística
  • siglístico

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin sigla, plural of siglum (abbreviation).

Noun

sigla f (plural siglas)

  1. initial
  2. acronym (of any type: phonetic acronym or initialism)

See also

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