# sigla
## English
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Late Latin sigla.

### Pronunciation

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

### Noun

sigla
* plural of siglum

### Anagrams

* Aligs, Gilas, Ligas

## Catalan
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [ˈsiɡ.ɡlə]
* IPA: (Valencia) [ˈsi.ɣla]

### Noun

sigla f (plural sigles)
* initial (first letter of a word)
* 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, 2025

## Faroese
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈsɪɡla]

### Verb

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

#### Conjugation
## French
### Pronunciation

* Homophones: siglas, siglât

### Verb

sigla
* third-person singular past historic of sigler

## Icelandic
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈsɪkla/
* Rhymes: -ɪkla

### Etymology 1

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

#### Verb

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

##### Conjugation
### Etymology 2
#### Noun

sigla f (genitive singular siglu, nominative plural siglur)
* mast

##### Declension
### Anagrams

* galsi

## Italian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈsi.ɡla/
* Rhymes: -iɡla

### Etymology 1
#### Noun

sigla f (plural sigle)
* acronym, abbreviation, initialism
* (in the plural) initials
* monogram
* 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
* inflection of siglare:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

## Latin
### Noun

sigla
* 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: /²sɪɡla/

### Verb

sigla (imperative sigl, present tense sigler or siglar, simple past siglde or sigla, past participle siglt or sigla, present participle siglande)
* (nautical) to sail
    Skipet sigler til Amerika.The ship is sailing to America.

### References

* “sigla” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Portuguese
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈsi.ɡlɐ/
* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈsi.ɡlɐ/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ˈsi.ɡla/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈsi.ɡlɐ/ [ˈsi.ɣlɐ]
* Hyphenation: si‧gla

### Noun

sigla f (plural siglas)
* initialism (word formed by initial letters)
* acronym (abbreviation formed by the initial letters of other words)
* 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

* siglado
* siglar
* siglatura
* siglema
* siglística
* siglístico

## Spanish
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈsiɡla/ [ˈsi.ɣ̞la]
* Rhymes: -iɡla
* Syllabification: si‧gla

### Noun

sigla f (plural siglas)
* initial
* acronym (of any type: phonetic acronym or initialism)

### See also

* abreviación

### Further reading

* “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], 2024 December 10

## Tagalog
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

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

### Noun

siglá (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒᜄ᜔ᜎ)
* enthusiasm; fervor; zeal
    Synonyms: sigasig, interes, apan, sigya
* animation; liveliness
    Synonyms: sigsa, buhay

#### Derived terms

* kasiglahan
* kawalang-sigla
* magpasigla
* makapagsigla
* masigla
* nakapagpapasigla
* pagpapasigla
* pampasigla
* pasiglahin
* sumigla
* walang-kasigla-sigla
* walang-sigla

#### See also

* latoy

### References

* ↑ Potet, Jean-Paul G. (2016) Tagalog Borrowings and Cognates, Lulu Press, →ISBN, page 297
* ↑ Trinidad Hermenegildo Pardo de Tavera (1887) El sanscrito en la lengua tagalog‎ (in Spanish), Paris: Imprimerie de la Faculté de Médecine, A. Davy, page 51

### Further reading

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

### Anagrams

* galis, silag, ligsa, gilas, lagis, salig