sept
English edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
A corruption of sect, influenced by Latin saeptum (“fence, enclosure”).
Noun edit
sept (plural septs)
- A clan, tribe, or family, proceeding from a common progenitor; especially, one of the ancient clans of 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 edit
- sept on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Sept in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)
References edit
- “sept”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Etymology 2 edit
Probably influenced by weep → wept.
Verb edit
sept
- (nonstandard, rare) simple past and past participle of seep
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:sept.
Anagrams edit
French edit
70[a], [b] | ||
← 6 | 7 | 8 → |
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Cardinal: sept Ordinal: septième Ordinal abbreviation: 7e, (now nonstandard) 7ème Multiplier: septuple | ||
French Wikipedia article on 7 |
Etymology edit
Inherited from Middle French sept, from Old French set, from Latin septem (“seven”), from Proto-Indo-European *septḿ̥.
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): /sɛt/
- (archaic, before a consonant or aspirate h) IPA(key): /sɛ/
audio (file) - Rhymes: -ɛt
- Homophones: cet, cette, set, Sète
Numeral edit
sept (invariable)
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
- Louisiana Creole: sèt
See also edit
Playing cards in French · cartes à jouer (layout · text) | ||||||
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as | deux | trois | quatre | cinq | six | sept |
huit | neuf | dix | valet | dame | roi | joker |
Further reading edit
- “sept”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams edit
Middle French edit
Etymology edit
From Old French set.
Pronunciation edit
Numeral edit
sept (invariable)
Descendants edit
- French: sept
Norman edit
< 6 | 7 | 8 > |
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Cardinal : sept | ||
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Latin septem, from Proto-Indo-European *septḿ̥.
Pronunciation edit
Audio (Jersey) (file)
Numeral edit
sept
Derived terms edit
- dgiêx-sept (“seventeen”)
Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French septum, itself a borrowing from Latin saeptum.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
sept n (plural septuri)
Declension edit
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 |
Further reading edit
- sept in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)