sept

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

English

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /sɛpt/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -ɛpt

Etymology 1

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

Noun

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.

See also

• sept on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Sept in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)

References

• “sept”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Etymology 2

Probably influenced by weep → wept.

Verb

sept

1. (nonstandard, rare) simple past and past participle of seep
   • For quotations using this term, see Citations:sept.

Anagrams

• EPTs, ESTP, PETs, Pest, STEP, TPEs, Teps, pest, pets, spet, step, step-

French

French numbers ^(edit)

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

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Europe) IPA^(key): /sɛt/
• (Meridional) IPA^(key): /sɛtə/
• (Canada) IPA^(key): /saɛ̯t/
• (archaic, before a consonant or aspirate h) IPA^(key): /sɛ/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɛt
• Homophones: cet, cette, set, Sète

Numeral

sept (invariable)

1. seven

Derived terms

• cinq à sept
• cent sept ans
• rugby à sept
• sept cents
• sept péchés capitaux
• septième
• septain

Descendants

• Louisiana Creole: sèt

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• pets

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French set.

Pronunciation

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

Numeral

sept (invariable)

1. seven

Descendants

• French: sept

Norman

Norman cardinal numbers

<  6	7	8  >
Cardinal : sept

Alternative forms

• saept (Guernsey)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• Audio (Jersey):

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Numeral

sept

1. (Jersey) seven

Derived terms

• dgiêx-sept (“seventeen”)

Romanian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sept/

Noun

sept n (plural septuri)

1. (anatomy) septum

Declension

Declension of sept

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	sept	septul		septuri	septurile
genitive-dative	sept	septului		septuri	septurilor
vocative	septule			septurilor

Further reading

• “sept”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2025