English Online Dictionary. What means sept? What does sept mean?
English
Pronunciation
- (UK, US) IPA(key): /sɛpt/
- Rhymes: -ɛpt
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.
- 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
- EPTs, ESTP, PETs, Pest, STEP, TPEs, Teps, pest, pets, spet, step, step-
French
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/
- Rhymes: -ɛt
- Homophones: cet, cette, set, Sète
Numeral
sept (invariable)
- seven
Derived terms
- cinq à sept
- cent sept ans
- rugby à sept
- sept cents
- sept péchés capitaux
- septième
- septain
Descendants
- Louisiana Creole: sèt
See also
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)
- seven
Descendants
- French: sept
Norman
Alternative forms
- saept (Guernsey)
Etymology
From Latin septem, from Proto-Indo-European *septḿ̥.
Pronunciation
Numeral
sept
- (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)
- (anatomy) septum
Declension
Further reading
- sept in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)