sigil

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

• enPR: sĭjĭl, IPA^(key): /ˈsɪd͡ʒɪl/
• enPR: sĭjəl, IPA^(key): /ˈsɪd͡ʒəl/

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• Hyphenation: sigil
• Rhymes: -ɪdʒɪl, -ɪdʒəl

sigil (plural sigils)

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

• Hungarian notation

• igils

Borrowed from Latin sigillum. Doublet of segell.

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

sigil m (plural sigils)

1. secrecy

• sigil·lós
• sigil·losament

• “sigil”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

sigil n (plural sigilii)

1. alternative form of sigiliu