sigla
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English
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Late Latin sigla.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /ˈsɪɡlə/
- Hyphenation: sig‧la
Noun
sigla
Anagrams
Catalan
Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latin sigla, plural of siglum (“abbreviation”).
Pronunciation
Noun
sigla f (plural sigles)
- initial (first letter of a word)
- initialism
Further reading
- “sigla” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “sigla”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
Faroese
Pronunciation
Verb
sigla (third person singular past indicative sigldi, third person plural past indicative siglt, supine siglt)
- to sail
Conjugation
1Only the past participle being declined.
French
Pronunciation
Verb
sigla
- third-person singular past historic of sigler
Icelandic
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Old Norse sigla, from Proto-Germanic *siglijaną.
Verb
sigla (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative sigldi, supine siglt)
- to sail
Conjugation
| infinitive (nafnháttur) |
að sigla | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| supine (sagnbót) |
siglt | ||||
| present participle (lýsingarháttur nútíðar) |
siglandi | ||||
| indicative (framsöguháttur) |
subjunctive (viðtengingarháttur) | ||||
| present (nútíð) |
ég sigli | við siglum | present (nútíð) |
ég sigli | við siglum |
| þú siglir | þið siglið | þú siglir | þið siglið | ||
| hann, hún, það siglir | þeir, þær, þau sigla | hann, hún, það sigli | þeir, þær, þau sigli | ||
| past (þátíð) |
ég sigldi | við sigldum | past (þátíð) |
ég sigldi | við sigldum |
| þú sigldir | þið siglduð | þú sigldir | þið siglduð | ||
| hann, hún, það sigldi | þeir, þær, þau sigldu | hann, hún, það sigldi | þeir, þær, þau sigldu | ||
| imperative (boðháttur) |
sigl (þú) | siglið (þið) | |||
| Forms with appended personal pronoun | |||||
| sigldu | sigliði * | ||||
| * Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred. | |||||
sigla — active voice (germynd)
| strong declension (sterk beyging) |
singular (eintala) | plural (fleirtala) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine (karlkyn) |
feminine (kvenkyn) |
neuter (hvorugkyn) |
masculine (karlkyn) |
feminine (kvenkyn) |
neuter (hvorugkyn) | ||
| nominative (nefnifall) |
sigldur | sigld | siglt | sigldir | sigldar | sigld | |
| accusative (þolfall) |
sigldan | siglda | siglt | siglda | sigldar | sigld | |
| dative (þágufall) |
sigldum | sigldri | sigldu | sigldum | sigldum | sigldum | |
| genitive (eignarfall) |
siglds | sigldrar | siglds | sigldra | sigldra | sigldra | |
| weak declension (veik beyging) |
singular (eintala) | plural (fleirtala) | |||||
| masculine (karlkyn) |
feminine (kvenkyn) |
neuter (hvorugkyn) |
masculine (karlkyn) |
feminine (kvenkyn) |
neuter (hvorugkyn) | ||
| nominative (nefnifall) |
sigldi | siglda | siglda | sigldu | sigldu | sigldu | |
| accusative (þolfall) |
siglda | sigldu | siglda | sigldu | sigldu | sigldu | |
| dative (þágufall) |
siglda | sigldu | siglda | sigldu | sigldu | sigldu | |
| genitive (eignarfall) |
siglda | sigldu | siglda | sigldu | sigldu | sigldu | |
sigldur — past participle (lýsingarháttur þátíðar)
Etymology 2
Noun
sigla f (genitive singular siglu, nominative plural siglur)
Declension
Declension of sigla (feminine)
Anagrams
Italian
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Noun
sigla f (plural sigle)
- acronym, abbreviation, initialism
- (in the plural) initials
- monogram
- theme song, leitmotif, short melody that opens or closes a radio/television broadcast (see: avansigla)
Derived terms
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
sigla
- inflection of siglare:
Latin
Noun
sigla
References
- “sigla”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- sigla in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Alternative forms
Etymology
Pronunciation
Verb
sigla (imperative sigl, present tense sigler or siglar, simple past siglde or sigla, past participle siglt or sigla, present participle siglande)
References
- “sigla” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin sigla, plural of siglum (“abbreviation”).
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: si‧gla
Noun
sigla f (plural siglas)
- initialism (word formed by initial letters)
- acronym (abbreviation formed by the initial letters of other words)
- monogram (letter or other symbol that stands for a word or name)
Usage notes
Some make a distinction between sigla and acrónimo, where acrónimo is an acronym pronounced as if it were a single word and sigla one where each letter is pronounced individually.
Synonyms
- (monogram): monograma
Related terms
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Medieval Latin sigla, a feminine singular reinterpreted from a neuter plural of Late Latin siglum (“abbreviation”).
Pronunciation
Noun
sigla f (plural siglas)
- initial
- acronym (of any type: phonetic acronym or initialism)
See also
Further reading
- “sigla”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10
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