different between signet vs sigil

English

Etymology

From Old French signet (“small seal”), from Medieval Latin sign?tum, diminutive of Latin signum (“sign”).

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /?s??.n?t/
• Homophone: cygnet

Noun

signet (plural signets)

1. an object (especially a ring) formerly used to impress a picture into the sealing wax of a document as a proof of its origin
   • c.1600, William Shakespeare, Hamlet

     I had my father's signet in my purse, / Which was the model of that Danish seal

   • 1844, Robert Browning, "The Labratory"

     To carry pure death in an earring, a casket,

     A signet, a fan-mount, a filigree basket!

Translations

Related terms

• seal

See also

• Wikipedia article on Seal (device)

Anagrams

• get-ins, ingest, stinge, tinges

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /si.??/

Noun

signet m (plural signets)

1. bookmark (strip used to mark a place in a book)

Further reading

• “signet” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• gisent

Latin

Verb

signet

1. third-person singular present active subjunctive of sign?

Romanian

Etymology

From French signet.

Noun

signet n (plural signete)

1. bookmark

Declension

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)

1. A seal, signature or signet.
2. An occult or magical sign, image or symbol.
3. (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)

1. secrecy

Related terms

• sigil·lós

Further reading

• “sigil” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.