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segno

noun

segno is spelled S-E-G-N-O: 5 letters. It appears about once in every 35 million words in written English, the 182,517th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, segno means β€œThe sign 𝄋, indicating the start of a passage of music to be repeated” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of segno is segnos or segni.

How many letters and syllables are in segno?

Letters5: S-E-G-N-O
In writingabout once in every 35 million words; the 182,517th most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone measured in search

Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

How common is segno?

Segno appears about once in every 35 million words in written English, the 182,517th most frequent word form in the list.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

Forms of segno

  • segnos plural
  • segni plural

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

What does segno mean?

The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

noun

  1. 1

    The sign 𝄋, indicating the start of a passage of music to be repeated.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Where does segno come from?

From Italian segno, from Latin signum. Doublet of sign.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

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