sigle

See also: Sigle and siglé

French

Etymology

Borrowed from juridical Late Latin sigla, itself from Latin singula or signum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /siɡl/

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Noun

sigle m (plural sigles)

1. abbreviation
2. acronym or initialism

Descendants

• → German: Sigel

Further reading

• “sigle”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Italian

Noun

sigle f

1. plural of sigla

Anagrams

• gelsi, sgeli

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

sigle (imperative sigl, present tense siglar or sigler, simple past sigla or siglde, past participle sigla or siglt, present participle siglande)

1. e-infinitive form of sigla

Old English

Etymology

From Latin secale

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsiɡ.le/, [ˈsiɣ.le]

Noun

sigle f

1. rye

   Synonym: ryġe

Old French

Alternative forms

• seigle

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Norse segl.

Noun

sigle oblique singular, m (oblique plural sigles, nominative singular sigles, nominative plural sigle)

1. sail (fabric attached to a watercraft)

Derived terms

• sigler