"siglum" meaning in English

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        "t": "one; together"
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      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *sem- (“one; together”)",
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  "etymology_text": "Learned borrowing from Late Latin siglum (“abbreviation”), possibly a contracted form of:\n* 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\n* singulum, a singular form of singulus (“apiece; every; single”, adjective), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sem- (“one; together”).\nThe plural form sigla is a learned borrowing from Late Latin sigla.",
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        "plural"
      ]
    }
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        "1": "sigla"
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  "hyphenation": [
    "sig‧lum",
    "sig‧la"
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "chrismon"
    }
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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          "letter",
          "letter#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "symbol",
          "symbol#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "stands for",
          "stand for"
        ],
        [
          "name",
          "name#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "word",
          "word#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "used",
          "use#Verb"
        ],
        [
          "modern",
          "modern#Adjective"
        ],
        [
          "literary",
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        [
          "work",
          "work#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "refer",
          "refer#Verb"
        ],
        [
          "early",
          "early#Adjective"
        ],
        [
          "version",
          "version#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "text",
          "text#Noun"
        ]
      ],
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          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "letter or other symbol that stands for a name or word",
          "word": "lyhennysmerkki"
        },
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "letter or other symbol that stands for a name or word",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "Sigel"
        },
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "letter or other symbol that stands for a name or word",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "Kürzel"
        },
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          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "sígla",
          "sense": "letter or other symbol that stands for a name or word",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "си́гла"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4",
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          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "znak",
          "sense": "letter or other symbol that stands for a name or word",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "знак"
        }
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          "represent",
          "represent"
        ],
        [
          "sign",
          "sign#Noun"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figurative) A thing which represents something else; a sign, a symbol."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ]
    }
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      "ipa": "/ˈsɪɡləm/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American",
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
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      "ipa": "/ˈsɪɡlə/",
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      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ],
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    }
  ],
  "word": "siglum"
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    "English nouns with irregular plurals",
    "English terms borrowed from Late Latin",
    "English terms derived from Late Latin",
    "English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *sek-",
    "English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *sekʷ- (follow)",
    "English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *sem-",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with audio links",
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  "pos": "noun",
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      ],
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        ],
        [
          "symbol",
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        ],
        [
          "stands for",
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          "name",
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          "version",
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          "text",
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        "(figurative) A thing which represents something else; a sign, a symbol."
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "letter or other symbol that stands for a name or word",
      "word": "lyhennysmerkki"
    },
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      "lang": "German",
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      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Sigel"
    },
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      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Kürzel"
    },
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      "sense": "letter or other symbol that stands for a name or word",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "си́гла"
    },
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      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "znak",
      "sense": "letter or other symbol that stands for a name or word",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "знак"
    }
  ],
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