sept
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English
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
A corruption of sect, influenced by Latin saeptum (“fence, enclosure”).
Noun
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, 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
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
- (nonstandard, rare) simple past and past participle of seep
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:sept.
Anagrams
French
| 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
Inherited from Middle French sept, from Old French set, from Latin septem (“seven”), from Proto-Indo-European *septḿ̥.
Pronunciation
- (Europe) IPA(key): /sɛt/
- (Southern France) IPA(key): /sɛtə/
- (Canada) IPA(key): /saɛ̯t/
- (archaic, before a consonant or aspirate h) IPA(key): /sɛ/
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -ɛt
- Homophones: cet, cette, set, Sète
Numeral
sept (invariable)
Derived terms
Descendants
- Louisiana Creole: sèt
See also
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Further reading
- “sept”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.
Anagrams
Middle French
Etymology
From Old French set.
Pronunciation
Numeral
sept (invariable)
Descendants
- French: sept
Norman
| < 6 | 7 | 8 > |
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| Cardinal : sept | ||
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Latin septem, from Proto-Indo-European *septḿ̥.
Pronunciation
Numeral
sept
Derived terms
- dgiêx-sept (“seventeen”)
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French septum, itself a borrowing from Latin saeptum.
Pronunciation
Noun
sept n (plural septuri)
Declension
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
- sept in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)