septante

See also: Septante

French

French numbers ^(edit)

		700[a], [b]
←  60	←  69	70	71  → [a], [b], [c], [d]	80  → [a], [b], [c]
		7
Cardinal (decimal): septante     Cardinal (vigesimal): soixante-dix     Ordinal (decimal): septantième     Ordinal (vigesimal): soixante-dixième     Ordinal abbreviation: 70e, (now nonstandard) 70ème
French Wikipedia article on 70

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Afroasiatic *sṗɣ?

Proto-Semitic *šabʕ-bor.?

Proto-Indo-European *septḿ̥

Proto-Indo-European *déḱm̥

Proto-Indo-European *septḿ̥dḱomt

Latin septuāgintā

Old French setante

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Latin septuāgintāinflu.

French septante

Inherited from Old French setante, from Latin septuāgintā, from *septmāginta, from Proto-Indo-European *septm̥̄ḱomt, from earlier *septḿ̥dḱomt (“seven-ten”). The ⟨p⟩ was restored under influence of its Latin etymon.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɛp.tɑ̃t/

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Numeral

septante (invariable)

1. (Acadia, Belgium, Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, Savoy, Switzerland) seventy

   Synonym: (France) soixante-dix

Related terms

• sept

See also

• huitante
• septante, Septante
• nonante

Further reading

• “septante”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

Norman

Norman numbers ^(edit)

		700
[a], [b] ←  60	←  69	70	71  →	80  → [a], [b]
		7[a], [b]
Cardinal: septante

Etymology

From Old French setante, from Latin septuāgintā.

Numeral

septante

1. (Jersey) seventy

Walloon

Etymology

From Old French setante, from Latin septuaginta.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɛp.ˈtãt/

Numeral

septante

1. seventy

Related terms

• set