Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sigil

/ˈsɪd͡ʒɪl/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.37 in modern English

Syllables
sig-il
IPA
/ˈsɪd͡ʒɪl/
6
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
4
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A seal, signature or signet.

noun

An occult or magical sign, image or symbol.

noun

A nonalphanumeric symbol affixed to an identifier (such as a variable name) to indicate a property such as type or scope.

Etymology

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

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

sigils (plural)

Derived Forms

hypersigil sigillary sigillate sigillation sigillative sigilless sigillic sigillistic sigillography twigil

Phrases

Hungarian notation

Frequently Paired Words

Hungarian notation

Rhymes With

strigil vigil

Questions

How do you pronounce sigil?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈsɪd͡ʒɪl/.
What does sigil mean?
A seal, signature or signet.
Where does sigil come from?
It is traced to Latin.

How to pronounce sigil

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  2. Read the phonetic spelling — Read the IPA spelling (/ˈsɪd͡ʒɪl/) so you know which sounds to aim for.
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