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sigil en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ˈsɪd͡ʒəl/
  • /ˈsɪd͡ʒɪl/
  • sĭjĭl
  • sĭjəl

Etymology

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

Meanings

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

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
sigils Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

sigillate · sigillography · sigilless · sigillation · sigillative · hypersigil · sigillistic · sigillary · sigillic · twigil

Relateds

Hungarian notation

Translations (18)

fr symbole (computing: character affixed to a symbol) · pl sigil (magical sign) · fr sceau (seal, signature or signet) · el σφραγίδα (seal, signature or signet) · pt selo (seal, signature or signet) · bg магически знак (magical sign) · de Sigill (magical sign) · hu pecsét (seal, signature or signet) · da segl (seal, signature or signet) · no segl (seal, signature or signet) · es sigilo (computing: character affixed to a symbol) · es sigilo (seal, signature or signet) · de Siegel (seal, signature or signet) · pl sigil (seal, signature or signet) · nl zegel (seal, signature or signet) · bg печат (seal, signature or signet) · de Sigillum (magical sign) · ga séala (seal, signature or signet)