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5-letter words (3 found)

GILAS,GLIAS,SIGLA,

4-letter words (10 found)

AILS,GALS,GILA,GLIA,LAGS,LIAS,LIGS,SAIL,SIAL,SLAG,

3-letter words (15 found)

AGS,AIL,AIS,ALS,GAL,GAS,GIS,LAG,LAS,LIG,LIS,SAG,SAI,SAL,SIG,

2-letter words (9 found)

AG,AI,AL,AS,GI,IS,LA,LI,SI,

You can make 37 words from sigla according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of sigla

sigla isgla sgila gsila igsla gisla silga islga sliga lsiga ilsga lisga sglia gslia slgia lsgia glsia lgsia iglsa gilsa ilgsa ligsa glisa lgisa sigal isgal sgial gsial igsal gisal siagl isagl saigl asigl iasgl aisgl sgail gsail sagil asgil gasil agsil igasl giasl iagsl aigsl gaisl agisl silag islag sliag lsiag ilsag lisag sialg isalg sailg asilg iaslg aislg slaig lsaig salig aslig lasig alsig ilasg liasg ialsg ailsg laisg alisg sglai gslai slgai lsgai glsai lgsai sgali gsali sagli asgli gasli agsli slagi lsagi salgi aslgi lasgi alsgi glasi lgasi galsi aglsi lagsi algsi iglas gilas ilgas ligas glias lgias igals gials iagls aigls gails agils ilags liags ialgs ailgs laigs aligs glais lgais galis aglis lagis algis

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Definitions and meaning of sigla

sigla

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Late Latin sigla.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /ˈsɪɡlə/
  • Hyphenation: sig‧la

Noun

sigla

  1. plural of siglum

Anagrams

  • Aligs, Gilas, Ligas

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin sigla, plural of siglum (“abbreviation”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈsiɡ.ɡlə]
  • IPA(key): (Valencian) [ˈsi.ɣla]

Noun

sigla f (plural sigles)

  1. initial (first letter of a word)
  2. 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, 2024

Faroese

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈsɪɡla]

Verb

sigla (third person singular past indicative sigldi, third person plural past indicative siglt, supine siglt)

  1. to sail

Conjugation

French

Pronunciation

  • Homophones: siglas, siglât

Verb

sigla

  1. third-person singular past historic of sigler

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse sigla, from Proto-Germanic *siglijaną.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsɪkla/
  • Rhymes: -ɪkla

Verb

sigla (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative sigldi, supine siglt)

  1. to sail

Conjugation

Noun

sigla f (genitive singular siglu, nominative plural siglur)

  1. mast

Declension

Anagrams

  • galsi

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsi.ɡla/
  • Rhymes: -iɡla

Etymology 1

Noun

sigla f (plural sigle)

  1. acronym, abbreviation, initialism
  2. (in the plural) initials
  3. monogram
  4. theme song, leitmotif, short melody that opens or closes a radio/television broadcast (see: avansigla)
Derived terms
  • avansigla
  • sigla automobilistica
  • sigla musicale

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

sigla

  1. inflection of siglare:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Latin

Noun

sigla

  1. nominative/accusative/vocative plural of siglum

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

  • sigle, segle (e-infinitives)
  • segla

Etymology

From Old Norse sigla. Akin to English sail.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /²sɪɡla/

Verb

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

  1. (nautical) to sail

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)

  1. acronym (word formed by initial letters)
  2. 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

  • IPA(key): /ˈsiɡla/ [ˈsi.ɣ̞la]
  • Rhymes: -iɡla
  • Syllabification: si‧gla

Noun

sigla f (plural siglas)

  1. initial
  2. acronym (of any type: phonetic acronym or initialism)

See also

  • abreviación

Further reading

  • “sigla”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Tagalog

Etymology

From Sanskrit शीघ्र (śīghra, “swift; quick; speedy”). Compare Kapampangan sigla and Malay segera.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /siɡˈla/, [sɪɡˈla]
  • Hyphenation: sig‧la

Noun

siglá (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒᜄ᜔ᜎ)

  1. enthusiasm; fervor; zeal
    Synonyms: sigasig, interes
  2. animation; liveliness
    Synonyms: sigsa, buhay

Derived terms

See also

References

Further reading

  • “sigla”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

Source: wiktionary.org