sigil

English

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Pronunciation

• enPR: sĭjĭl, IPA^(key): /'sɪdʒɪl/
• enPR: sĭjəl, IPA^(key): /'sɪdʒəl/

Etymology

From Latin sigillum.

Noun

sigil (plural sigils)

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

Derived terms

• sigillary
• sigillate
• sigillation
• sigillative
• sigillistic
• sigillography
• sigillum
• twigil

Translations

seal, signature or signet

• Dutch: zegel (nl) n
• German: Siegel (de) m
• Greek: σφραγίδα (el) f (sfragída)

• Hungarian: pecsét (hu)
• Irish: séala m
• Norwegian: segl (no) n

magical sign

computing: character affixed to a symbol

See also

• Hungarian notation