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)

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

Derived terms

Derived terms

• sigillary
• sigillate
• sigillation
• sigillative

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

magical sign

• German: Sigill n, Sigillum n
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computing: character affixed to a symbol

• Spanish: sigilo (es) m
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See also

• Hungarian notation

Anagrams

• igils

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Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin sigillum. Doublet of segell.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [siˈʒil]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [siˈd͡ʒil]

Noun

sigil m (plural sigils)

1. secrecy

Related terms

• sigil·lós

Further reading

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