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siglum

/ˈsɪɡləm/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
sig-lum
IPA
/ˈsɪɡləm/
9
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A letter or other symbol that stands for a name or word; specifically, one used in a modern literary work to refer to an early version of a text.

noun

A thing which represents something else; a sign, a symbol.

Example Sentences

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Late Latin siglum (“abbreviation”), possibly a contracted form of: * sigillum (“figurine, statuette; seal”), from signum (“figure, statue; seal, signet; mark, sign”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sek- (“to cut, sever; to cut off”) or *sekʷ- (“to follow”)) + -ulum (diminutive suffix); or * singulum, a singular form of singulus (“apiece; every; single”, adjective), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sem- (“one; together”). The plural form sigla is a learned borrowing from Late Latin sigla.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /ˈsɪɡləm/
  • British English: /ˈsɪɡləm/

Inflected Forms

sigla (plural)

Derived Forms

siglarian

Questions

How do you pronounce siglum?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈsɪɡləm/.
What does siglum mean?
A letter or other symbol that stands for a name or word; specifically, one used in a modern literary work to refer to an early version of a text.
Where does siglum come from?
It is traced to Proto-Indo-European.

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