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

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 the Latin word.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɛp.tɑ̃t/

• Audio:

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Numeral

septante (invariable)

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

   Synonym: 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 cardinal numbers

<  69	70	71  >
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