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English

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sigil

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Sigil (computer programming)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

enPR: sĭjĭl, IPA^(key): /ˈsɪd͡ʒɪl/
enPR: sĭjəl, IPA^(key): /ˈsɪd͡ʒəl/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Hyphenation: sigil
Rhymes: -ɪdʒɪl, -ɪdʒəl

Noun

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sigil (plural sigils)

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

Derived terms

Translations

seal, signature or signet

Bulgarian: печат (bg) m (pečat)
Danish: segl (da) n
Dutch: zegel (nl) n
French: sceau (fr) m
German: Siegel (de) m
Greek: σφραγίδα (el) f (sfragída)
Hungarian: pecsét (hu)
Irish: séala m
Norwegian: segl (no) n
Polish: sigil (pl) m
Portuguese: selo (pt) m
Spanish: sigilo (es) m

magical sign

Bulgarian: магически знак m (magičeski znak)
German: Sigill n, Sigillum n
Polish: sigil (pl) m

computing: character affixed to a symbol

Spanish: sigilo (es) m

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)

secrecy

Related terms

sigil·lós
sigil·losament

Further reading

“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

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Romanian

Noun

sigil n (plural sigilii)

alternative form of sigiliu

Declension

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