different between rune vs sigil
rune
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Old Norse rún, which is from Proto-Germanic *r?n? (“letter, literature, secret”), which is borrowed either from Proto-Celtic *r?n? or from the same source as it; compare Dutch rune, German Rune and Swedish runa. Compare roun.
Pronunciation
- enPR: ro?on, IPA(key): /?u?n/
- Rhymes: -u?n
Noun
rune (plural runes)
- A letter, or character, belonging to the written language of various ancient Germanic peoples, especially the Scandinavians and the Anglo-Saxons.
- A Finnish or Scandinavian epic poem, or a division of one, especially a division of the Kalevala.
- A letter or mark used as mystical or magic symbol.
- A verse or song, especially one with mystical or mysterious overtones; a spell or an incantation.
- 1891, Mary Noailles Murfree, In the "Stranger People's" Country, Nebraska 2005, page 15:
- the fiddle sang and sang as ceaselessly as the chanting cicada without, and the frogs intoning their sylvan runes by the waterside.
- 1891, Mary Noailles Murfree, In the "Stranger People's" Country, Nebraska 2005, page 15:
- (obsolete) A roun (secret or mystery).
- (programming) In the Go programming language, a Unicode code point.
Derived terms
Translations
Anagrams
- Nuer, Uren, neur-, urne
Danish
Noun
rune c (singular definite runen, plural indefinite runer)
- rune
Declension
References
- “rune” in Den Danske Ordbog
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from German Rune, from Old Norse rún.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?ryn?/
- Hyphenation: ru?ne
- Rhymes: -yn?
Noun
rune f (plural runen, diminutive runetje n)
- rune
Derived terms
- runenschrift
- runenteken
Anagrams
- uren
- urne
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Old Norse rún.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?yn/
- Rhymes: -yn
Noun
rune f (plural runes)
- rune
Derived terms
- runologie
Descendants
- ? Turkish: rün
Further reading
- “rune” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Italian
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -une
Noun
rune f
- plural of runa
Anagrams
- urne
Middle Dutch
Etymology
From Old Dutch *r?na, from Proto-Germanic *r?n?.
Noun
rune f
- (rare) secretive whispering
Inflection
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Further reading
- Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929) , “rune (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, ?ISBN, page I
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Old Norse rún.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /r??n?/
- Rhymes: -??n?
Noun
rune f or m (definite singular runa or runen, indefinite plural runer, definite plural runene)
- rune
References
- “rune” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Anagrams
- uren
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Old Norse rún.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /r??n?/
- Rhymes: -??n?
Noun
rune f (definite singular runa, indefinite plural runer, definite plural runene)
- rune
References
- “rune” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?ru?ne/
Noun
r?ne
- accusative singular of r?n
- genitive singular of r?n
- dative singular of r?n
- nominative plural of r?n
- accusative plural of r?n
Serbo-Croatian
Noun
rune (Cyrillic spelling ????)
- inflection of runa:
- genitive singular
- nominative/accusative/vocative plural
rune From the web:
- what runes did vikings use
- what runes can countess drop
- what runes mean
- what runes did wanda use
- what rune vessel to buy
- what runescape should i play
- what runeforge for unholy dk
- what rune is associated with loki
sigil
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin sigillum (“little sign”). Doublet of seal and sigillum.
Pronunciation
- enPR: s?j?l, IPA(key): /?s?d??l/
- enPR: s?j?l, IPA(key): /?s?d??l/
- Hyphenation: sigil
- Rhymes: -?d??l
Noun
sigil (plural sigils)
- A seal, signature or signet.
- An occult or magical sign, image or symbol.
- (programming) A nonalphanumeric character affixed to a symbol (e.g. variable) to indicate a property such as type or scope.
Derived terms
Translations
See also
- Hungarian notation
Anagrams
- igils
Catalan
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin sigillum. Doublet of segell.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Central) IPA(key): /si??il/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /si?d??il/
Noun
sigil m (plural sigils)
- secrecy
Related terms
- sigil·lós
Further reading
- “sigil” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
sigil From the web:
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- what sigils are used for
- what sigil in english
- what sigilo mean in spanish
- sigil what language
- sigillo what it means
- what is sigils real name
- what is sigilyph based on
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