sept
English
Pronunciation
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- Rhymes: -ɛpt
Etymology 1
A corruption of sect, influenced by Latin saeptum (“fence, enclosure”).
Noun
sept (plural septs)
- A clan, tribe, or family, proceeding from a common progenitor (used especially of the ancient clans in Ireland).
- 1842, Samuel Lover, Handy Andy[1], volume 2:
- The chief, struck by the illustration, asked at once to be baptized, and all his sept followed his example.
- An enclosure; a railing.
See also
sept on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Template:Wikisource1911Enc Citation
References
- “sept”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Etymology 2
Probably influenced by weep → wept.
Verb
sept
- (nonstandard, rare) simple past and past participle of seep
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:sept.
Anagrams
French
Etymology
From Middle French sept, from Old French set, from Latin septem (“seven”), from Proto-Indo-European *septḿ̥.
Pronunciation
Numeral
70[a], [b] | ||
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Cardinal: sept Ordinal: septième Ordinal abbreviation: 7e, (now nonstandard) 7ème Multiplier: septuple | ||
French Wikipedia article on 7 |
sept
Derived terms
See also
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huit | neuf | dix | valet | dame | roi | joker |
Further reading
- “sept”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
Middle French
Etymology
From Old French set.
Pronunciation
Numeral
sept (invariable)
Descendants
- French: sept
Norman
< 6 | 7 | 8 > |
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Cardinal : sept | ||
Alternative forms
- saept (Guernsey)
Etymology
From Latin septem, from Proto-Indo-European *septḿ̥.
Pronunciation
Audio (Jersey): (file)
Numeral
sept
Derived terms
- dgiêx-sept (“seventeen”)
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French septum, itself a borrowing from Latin saeptum.
Pronunciation
Noun
sept n (plural septuri)
Declension
Declension of sept
singular | plural | |||
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indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) sept | septul | (niște) septuri | septurile |
genitive/dative | (unui) sept | septului | (unor) septuri | septurilor |
vocative | septule | septurilor |
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