sept

English

Etymology

A corruption of sect, influenced by Latin saeptum (“fence, enclosure”).

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA: /sɛpt/
• Rhymes: -ɛpt

Noun

sept (plural septs)

1. A clan, tribe, or family, proceeding from a common progenitor. (used especially of the ancient clans in Ireland)
   • (Can we date this quote?) Samuel Lover:

     The chief, struck by the illustration, asked at once to be baptized, and all his sept followed his example.

See also

• Sept on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Sept in the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica.

References

• sept in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

Anagrams

• pest
• pets
• step

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French

Etymology

From Latin septem (“seven”).

Pronunciation

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• IPA: /sɛt/, X-SAMPA: /sEt/

Numeral

French cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : sept     Ordinal : septième
French Wikipedia article on sept

sept

1. seven

Derived terms

• septième

Anagrams

• pets

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Jèrriais

Jèrriais cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : sept

Etymology

From Latin septem, from Proto-Indo-European *septḿ̥.

Numeral

sept

1. seven

Derived terms

• dgiêx-sept (“seventeen”)

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Middle French

Noun

sept m (invariable)

1. seven

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Romanian

Etymology

From French septum, from Latin saeptum.

Pronunciation

• IPA: [sept]

Noun

sept n (plural septuri)

1. (anatomy) septum

Declension

declension of sept

	singular		plural
gender n	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	un sept	septul	niște septuri	septurile
genitive/dative	unui sept	septului	unor septuri	septurilor