sigil

S1I1G2I1L1
/ˈsɪd͡ʒɪl//ˈsɪd͡ʒəl/

noun

A seal, signature or signet.

OriginLatin sigillum →
UncommonScrabble 6
Ask AI about this wordChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

Meanings

nounsigil (plural sigils)

plural sigils

  1. A seal, signature or signet.
  2. An occult or magical sign, image or symbol.
  3. computingA nonalphanumeric symbol affixed to an identifier (such as a variable name) to indicate a property such as type or scope.

Origin

  1. Latinsigillum“little sign”
  2. Englishsigil

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

More words from Latin

Full word history & related roots →

Translations

Bulgarian печат, магически знак
  • печат (pečat)seal, signature or signet
  • магически знак (magičeski znak)magical sign
Danish segl
  • seglseal, signature or signet
Dutch zegel
  • zegelseal, signature or signet
French sceau, symbole
  • sceauseal, signature or signet
  • symbolecomputing: character affixed to a symbol
German Siegel, Sigill
  • Siegelseal, signature or signet
  • Sigillmagical sign
  • Sigillummagical sign
Greek σφραγίδα
  • σφραγίδα (sfragída)seal, signature or signet
Hungarian pecsét
  • pecsétseal, signature or signet
Irish séala
  • séalaseal, signature or signet
Norwegian segl
  • seglseal, signature or signet
Polish sigil, sigil
  • sigilseal, signature or signet
  • sigilmagical sign
Portuguese selo
  • seloseal, signature or signet
Spanish sigilo, sigilo
  • sigiloseal, signature or signet
  • sigilocomputing: character affixed to a symbol

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with sigil

vigilstrigil
All rhymes →
Cite this entry
APA

sigil. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sigil

MLA

“sigil.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sigil. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sigil,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sigil.

Source: sigil on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.