noun
Meaning 1
A seal, signature or signet.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
sigil
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Pronunciation
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sĭjĭl
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/ˈsɪd͡ʒɪl/
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sĭjəl
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/ˈsɪd͡ʒəl/
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rhymes with -ɪdʒɪl
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rhymes with -ɪdʒəl
noun
Meaning 2
An occult or magical sign, image or symbol.
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noun
Meaning 3
A nonalphanumeric symbol affixed to a term (such as a variable) to indicate a property such as type or scope.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, programming, sciences
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History
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin sigillum (“little sign”). Doublet of seal and sigillum.
Across languages
Translations
18 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: печат (pečat) — seal, signature or signet
- Danish: segl — seal, signature or signet
- Dutch: zegel — seal, signature or signet
- French: sceau — seal, signature or signet
- German: Siegel — seal, signature or signet
- Greek: σφραγίδα (sfragída) — seal, signature or signet
- Hungarian: pecsét — seal, signature or signet
- Irish: séala — seal, signature or signet
- Norwegian: segl — seal, signature or signet
- Polish: sigil — seal, signature or signet
- Portuguese: selo — seal, signature or signet
- Spanish: sigilo — seal, signature or signet
- Bulgarian: магически знак (magičeski znak) — magical sign
- German: Sigill — magical sign
- German: Sigillum — magical sign
- Polish: sigil — magical sign
- French: symbole — computing: character affixed to a symbol
- Spanish: sigilo — computing: character affixed to a symbol