sigla

Meaning

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

Concepts

acronym

aureole

abbreviation

initial letter

symbol

initialism

halo

Synonyms

acrónimo

abreviatura

aureola

conglomerado

nimbo

abreviación

Translations

sigla

sigle

sigla

acronimo

sigla

abbreviamento

acronyme

Akronym

acrónimo

Initialwort

acroniem

acrònim

sigla

Hyphenated as

si‧gla

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈsiɡla/

Etymology

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