sigla

Learned borrowing from Late Latin sigla.

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

sigla

1. plural of siglum

• Aligs, Gilas, Ligas

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

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

sigla f (plural sigles)

1. initial (first letter of a word)
2. initialism

• “sigla”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “sigla”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025

• IPA^(key): [ˈsɪɡla]

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

1. to sail

• Homophones: siglas, siglât

sigla

1. third-person singular past historic of sigler

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɪkla/
• Rhymes: -ɪkla

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

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

1. to sail

sigla f (genitive singular siglu, nominative plural siglur)

1. mast

• galsi

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

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)

• avansigla
• sigla automobilistica
• sigla musicale

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

sigla

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

sigla

1. nominative/accusative/vocative plural of siglum

• “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.

• sigle, segle (e-infinitives)
• segla

From Old Norse sigla. Akin to English sail.

• IPA^(key): /²sɪɡla/

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

   Skipet sigler til Amerika.

   The ship is sailing to America.

• “sigla” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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

• Hyphenation: si‧gla

sigla f (plural siglas)

1. initialism (word formed by initial letters)
2. acronym (abbreviation formed by the initial letters of other words)
3. monogram (letter or other symbol that stands for a word or name)

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.

• (monogram): monograma

Borrowed from Medieval Latin sigla, a feminine singular reinterpreted from a neuter plural of Late Latin siglum (“abbreviation”).

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

sigla f (plural siglas)

1. initial
   • 2025 June 7, Jeanne Sahadi, “El DOGE acaba de recibir luz verde para acceder a tus datos del Seguro Social. ¿Qué significa?”, in CNN en Español‎^[2]:

     Otros tipos de información personal también pueden obtenerse o cotejarse a través de los acuerdos de intercambio de datos de la SSA con el Servicio de Impuestos Internos (IRS, por sus siglas en inglés) y el Departamento de Salud y Servicios Humanos.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

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

• abreviación

• “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], 10 December 2024

Borrowed from Sanskrit शीघ्र (śīghra, “swift; quick; speedy”).^[1][2] Compare Kapampangan sigla, Tausug sigla', and Malay segera.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /siɡˈla/ [sɪɡˈla]
• Rhymes: -a
• Syllabification: sig‧la

siglá (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒᜄ᜔ᜎ)

1. enthusiasm; fervor; zeal

   Synonyms: sigasig, interes, apan, sigya

2. animation; liveliness

   Synonyms: sigsa, buhay

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

• galis, silag, ligsa, gilas, lagis, salig