sigla

English

Noun

sigla

  1. plural of siglum

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Catalan

Noun

sigla f (plural sigles)

  1. initial (first letter of a word)

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
   Conjugation of sigla
v-1
infinitive sigla
present participle siglandi
past participle a7 sigldur
supine siglt
number singular plural
person first second third all
indicative eg tú hann/hon/tað vit, tit, teir/tær/tey, tygum
present sigli siglir siglir sigla
past sigldi sigldi sigldi sigldu
imperative – tú – tit
present — sigl! — siglið!

French

Pronunciation

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
sigla — active voice (germynd)
infinitive
(nafnháttur)		 að sigla
supine
(sagnbót)		 siglt
present participle
(lýsingarháttur nútíðar)		 siglandi
indicative
(framsöguháttur)		 subjunctive
(viðtengingarháttur)
present
(nútíð)		 ég sigli við siglum present
(nútíð)		 ég sigli við siglum
þú siglir þið siglið þú siglir þið siglið
hann, hún, það siglir þeir, þær, þau sigla hann, hún, það sigli þeir, þær, þau sigli
past
(þátíð)		 ég sigldi við sigldum past
(þátíð)		 ég sigldi við sigldum
þú sigldir þið siglduð þú sigldir þið siglduð
hann, hún, það sigldi þeir, þær, þau sigldu hann, hún, það sigldi þeir, þær, þau sigldu
imperative
(boðháttur)		 sigl (þú) siglið (þið)
Forms with appended personal pronoun
sigldu sigliði *
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.
sigldur — past participle (lýsingarháttur þátíðar)
strong declension
(sterk beyging)		 singular (eintala) plural (fleirtala)
masculine
(karlkyn)		 feminine
(kvenkyn)		 neuter
(hvorugkyn)		 masculine
(karlkyn)		 feminine
(kvenkyn)		 neuter
(hvorugkyn)
nominative
(nefnifall)		 sigldur sigld siglt sigldir sigldar sigld
accusative
(þolfall)		 sigldan siglda siglt siglda sigldar sigld
dative
(þágufall)		 sigldum sigldri sigldu sigldum sigldum sigldum
genitive
(eignarfall)		 siglds sigldrar siglds sigldra sigldra sigldra
weak declension
(veik beyging) 		singular (eintala) plural (fleirtala)
masculine
(karlkyn)		 feminine
(kvenkyn)		 neuter
(hvorugkyn)		 masculine
(karlkyn)		 feminine
(kvenkyn)		 neuter
(hvorugkyn)
nominative
(nefnifall)		 sigldi siglda siglda sigldu sigldu sigldu
accusative
(þolfall)		 siglda sigldu siglda sigldu sigldu sigldu
dative
(þágufall)		 siglda sigldu siglda sigldu sigldu sigldu
genitive
(eignarfall)		 siglda sigldu siglda sigldu sigldu sigldu

Noun

sigla f (genitive singular siglu, nominative plural siglur)

  1. mast

Declension
declension of sigla
f-w1 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative sigla siglan siglur siglurnar
accusative siglu sigluna siglur siglurnar
dative siglu siglunni siglum siglunum
genitive siglu siglunnar sigla siglanna

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Italian

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

Verb

sigla

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

Latin

Noun

sigla

  1. nominative plural of siglum
  2. accusative plural of siglum
  3. 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

Verb

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

  1. Alternative form of segle

Portuguese

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈsi.ɡla/, /ˈsi.ɡlɐ/
  • 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
  • siglema
  • siglística
  • siglístico

Spanish

Etymology

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

Noun

sigla f (plural siglas)

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

See also
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