siglo

See also: siglò

Cebuano

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish siglo, from Latin saeculum.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: sig‧lo

Noun

siglo

1. century

   Synonym: gatosan

   Coordinate terms: tuig, dekada

   ika-21 ka siglo ― 21st century

Italian

Verb

siglo

1. first-person singular present indicative of siglare

Anagrams

• sgoli, sogli

Latin

Noun

siglō

1. dative/ablative singular of siglum

Papiamentu

Etymology

From Spanish siglo.

Noun

siglo

1. century

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish sieglo, siglo, siclo, a semi-learned term derived from Latin saeculum (the expected popularly inherited result would be *sejo or *siejo).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsiɡlo/ [ˈsi.ɣ̞lo]

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• Rhymes: -iɡlo
• Syllabification: si‧glo

Noun

siglo m (plural siglos)

1. century

   Coordinate terms: año, década

   siglo XXI ― 21st century

2. age (significant period of time)
3. (poetic) eon

   Synonym: eón

Derived terms

• corto siglo veinte
• la consumación de los siglos
• por los siglos de los siglos
• Siglo de Oro, siglo de oro

 

Descendants

• → Cebuano: siglo
• → Kabuverdianu: seklu
• → Papiamentu: siglo
• → Tagalog: siglo

Further reading

• “siglo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish siglo.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈsiɡlo/ [ˈsiɡ.lo]
• Rhymes: -iɡlo
• Syllabification: sig‧lo

Noun

siglo (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒᜄ᜔ᜎᜓ)

1. century

   Synonym: dantaon

   Coordinate terms: taon, dekada

   ika-21 siglo ― 21st century

Anagrams

• silog

Welsh

Etymology

Imitative; compare English jiggle, English shoogle.

Verb

siglo (first-person singular present siglaf, not mutable)

1. to shake, to rock, to swing, to wag

Conjugation

Conjugation (literary)

	singular			plural			impersonal
	first	second	third	first	second	third
present indicative/future	siglaf	sigli	sigla	siglwn	siglwch	siglant	siglir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional	siglwn	siglit	siglai	siglem	siglech	siglent	siglid
preterite	siglais	siglaist	siglodd	siglasom	siglasoch	siglasant	siglwyd
pluperfect	siglaswn	siglasit	siglasai	siglasem	siglasech	siglasent	siglasid, siglesid
present subjunctive	siglwyf	siglych	siglo	siglom	sigloch	siglont	sigler
imperative	—	sigla	sigled	siglwn	siglwch	siglent	sigler
verbal noun	siglo
verbal adjectives	sigledig sigladwy

Conjugation (colloquial)

Inflected colloquial forms	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
future	sigla i, siglaf i	sigli di	siglith o/e/hi, sigliff e/hi	siglwn ni	siglwch chi	siglan nhw
conditional	siglwn i, siglswn i	siglet ti, siglset ti	siglai fo/fe/hi, siglsai fo/fe/hi	siglen ni, siglsen ni	siglech chi, siglsech chi	siglen nhw, siglsen nhw
preterite	siglais i, sigles i	siglaist ti, siglest ti	siglodd o/e/hi	siglon ni	sigloch chi	siglon nhw
imperative	—	sigla	—	—	siglwch	—
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh.

Derived terms

• sigl (“shaking, oscillation”)
• siglad (“shaking, oscillation”)
• sigledig (“shaky, rickety”)
• siglen (“bog, quagmire; swing”)

Further reading

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “siglo”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies