"sigil" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈsɪd͡ʒɪl/, /ˈsɪd͡ʒəl/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-sigil.wav [Southern-England] Forms: sigils [plural]
enPR: sĭjĭl, sĭjəl Rhymes: -ɪdʒɪl, -ɪdʒəl Etymology: Borrowed from Latin sigillum (“little sign”). Doublet of seal and sigillum. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|la|sigillum||little sign}} Latin sigillum (“little sign”), {{doublet|en|seal|sigillum}} Doublet of seal and sigillum Head templates: {{en-noun}} sigil (plural sigils)
  1. A seal, signature or signet. Translations (seal, signature or signet): печат (pečat) [masculine] (Bulgarian), segl [neuter] (Danish), zegel [neuter] (Dutch), sceau [masculine] (French), Siegel [masculine] (German), σφραγίδα (sfragída) [feminine] (Greek), pecsét (Hungarian), séala [masculine] (Irish), segl [neuter] (Norwegian), sigil [masculine] (Polish), selo [masculine] (Portuguese), sigilo [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-sigil-en-noun-uIOGKU6u Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 53 6 41 Disambiguation of 'seal, signature or signet': 94 2 5
  2. An occult or magical sign, image or symbol. Translations (magical sign): магически знак (magičeski znak) [masculine] (Bulgarian), Sigill [neuter] (German), Sigillum [neuter] (German), sigil [masculine] (Polish)
    Sense id: en-sigil-en-noun-Tj8Gyiw7 Disambiguation of 'magical sign': 4 93 3
  3. (programming) A nonalphanumeric symbol affixed to a term (such as a variable) to indicate a property such as type or scope. Categories (topical): Programming Translations (computing: character affixed to a symbol): sigilo [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-sigil-en-noun-RbUVEcYk Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, programming, sciences Disambiguation of 'computing: character affixed to a symbol': 5 15 79
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: sigillary, sigillate, sigillation, sigillative, sigillistic, sigillography, twigil Related terms: Hungarian notation

Inflected forms

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