Sig in Scrabble Dictionary

Valid words made from Sig

You can make 5 words from 'sig' in our Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

• 3 letters words from 'sig'
• 2 letters words from 'sig'

3 letters words from 'sig'

GIS 4

SIG 4

2 letters words from 'sig'

GI 3	IS 2
SI 2

Definitions and meaning of sig

sig

Etymology 1

A shortened form of signature.

Pronunciation

• enPR: sĭg, IPA^(key): /sɪɡ/
• Homophone: cig

Noun

sig (plural sigs)

1. (Internet, informal) A signature, especially on emails or newsgroup postings.
   • 2004, Brad Hill, Building Your Business with Google For Dummies (page 48)

     Posting good content is the best way to get people clicking your sig link.

Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Middle English sige. Cognate with Middle Dutch seic, seike, Middle Low German seyche. Related also to sink (“to fall”).

Noun

sig (uncountable)

1. (Britain, dialectal, dated) Urine.

Anagrams

• GIS, GIs, GSI, IGS, IGs, Igs, gi's, gis, igs

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Danish

Etymology 1

From Old Norse sik, from Proto-Germanic *sik.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /saj/, [sɑj]
• Rhymes: -aj
• Rhymes: -iːˀ

Pronoun

sig

1. (reflexive) third-person pronoun

Usage notes

For all other persons (both singular and plural) the personal accusative pronoun is used.

See also

Etymology 2

See sige.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /siː/, [siːˀ]

Verb

sig

1. imperative of sige

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Faroese

Verb

sig

1. imperative singular of siga

Conjugation

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Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɪːɣ/
• Rhymes: -ɪːɣ

Etymology 1

Noun

sig n (genitive singular sigs, nominative plural sig)

1. subsidence, (a sinking of something to a lower level)
2. prolapse, a moving out of place, especially a protrusion of an internal organ

Declension

Synonyms

• (prolapse): framfall

Derived terms

• jarðsig
• sig í bjarg (rappeling down a cliff face)

See also

• síga

Etymology 2

From Old Norse sik, from Proto-Germanic *sik.

Alternative forms

• sik (obsolete)

Pronoun

sig

1. (reflexive) accusative third person reflexive pronoun meaning oneself (and also depending on context himself, herself, itself and themselves)

   Hann drap sig.

   He killed himself.

   Hún drap sig.

   She killed herself.

Declension

Derived terms

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

sig

1. inflection of siga:
   1. present
   2. imperative

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Sumerian

Romanization

sig

1. Romanization of 𒋝 (sig)

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Swedish

Alternative forms

• sej (strongly colloquial)

Etymology

From Old Norse sik, from Proto-Germanic *sek, from Proto-Indo-European *se.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɛj/
• (Scania) IPA^(key): /saj/
• Homophones: sej, säg
• Rhymes: -ɛj, -aj

Pronoun

sig

1. reflexive case of han, hon, den, det, de or man; compare himself, herself, itself, themselves, oneself

   Antagligen skulle han vilja lära sig jonglera.

   He would probably like to learn how to juggle.

   Hon lärde sig själv.

   She taught herself.

   Skar de sig på knivarna?

   Did they cut themselves on the knives?

Declension

See also

• sig själv sg
• sig själva pl

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Western Apache

Etymology

From Proto-Athabaskan *-x̯ɑ̓t. Cognates include Navajo sid, Mescalero sįh.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [sɪ̀k]

Noun

sig

1. scar

Usage notes

The form sig in the White Mountain variety; sid occurs in White Mountain and Dilzhe’eh (Tonto); shig occurs in Cibecue; shid occurs in Dilzhe’eh and San Carlos varieties;

Source: wiktionary.org

• SIFTING, sieving.
  (source: Collins Scrabble Dictionary)