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sigil

  • /ˈsɪd͡ʒɪl/
  • /ˈsɪd͡ʒəl/

Rhymes with -ɪdʒɪl, -ɪdʒəl

Where it comes from

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

noun sigils

  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.

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noun seal, signature or signet

Españolsigilo
Portuguêsselo
Françaissceau
DeutschSiegel
Ελληνικάσφραγίδα sfragída

noun magical sign

DeutschSigill, Sigillum

noun computing: character affixed to a symbol

Españolsigilo
Françaissymbole

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MLA

"sigil." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/sigil. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

sigil. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/sigil

Chicago

"sigil." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/sigil.

BibTeX
@misc{sigil_2026,
  title = {sigil},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/sigil},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}