See also: sept-, sept., and Sept.

EnglishEdit

PronunciationEdit

Etymology 1Edit

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

NounEdit

sept (plural septs)

  1. 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.
  2. An enclosure; a railing.

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ReferencesEdit

Etymology 2Edit

Probably influenced by weepwept.

VerbEdit

sept

  1. (nonstandard, rare) simple past tense and past participle of seep

AnagramsEdit

FrenchEdit

French numbers (edit)
70[a], [b]
 ←  6 7 8  → 
    Cardinal: sept
    Ordinal: septième
    Ordinal abbreviation: 7e, (now nonstandard) 7ème
    Multiplier: septuple
French Wikipedia article on 7

EtymologyEdit

Inherited from Middle French sept, from Old French set, from Latin septem (seven), from Proto-Indo-European *septḿ̥.

PronunciationEdit

NumeralEdit

sept (invariable)

  1. seven

Derived termsEdit

See alsoEdit

Playing cards in French · cartes à jouer (layout · text)
             
as deux trois quatre cinq six sept
             
huit neuf dix valet dame roi joker

Further readingEdit

AnagramsEdit

Middle FrenchEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old French set.

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): (in isolation or before a vowel) /sɛt/, (before a consonant) /sɛ/

NumeralEdit

sept (invariable)

  1. seven

DescendantsEdit

  • French: sept

NormanEdit

Norman cardinal numbers
 <  6 7 8  > 
    Cardinal : sept

Alternative formsEdit

EtymologyEdit

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

PronunciationEdit

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NumeralEdit

sept

  1. (Jersey) seven

Derived termsEdit

RomanianEdit

EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from French septum, itself a borrowing from Latin saeptum.

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

sept n (plural septuri)

  1. (anatomy) septum

DeclensionEdit