different between scepter vs sceptre

English

Noun

scepter (plural scepters)

1. American spelling form of sceptre

Verb

scepter (third-person singular simple present scepters, present participle sceptering, simple past and past participle sceptered)

1. American spelling form of sceptre

Anagrams

• Sceptre, recepts, respect, sceptre, specter, spectre

Dutch

Pronunciation

Noun

scepter m (plural scepters, diminutive sceptertje n)

1. sceptre

English

Alternative forms

• scepter (US)

Etymology

From Middle English septre, sceptre, from Old French sceptre, from Latin sc?ptrum, from Ancient Greek ???????? (skêptron, “staff, stick, baton”), from ?????? (sk?pt?, “to prop, to support, to lean upon a staff”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?s?pt?/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?s?pt?/

Noun

sceptre (plural sceptres)

1. (Britain) An ornamental staff held by a ruling monarch as a symbol of power.

Derived terms

• was-sceptre

Translations

Verb

sceptre (third-person singular simple present sceptres, present participle sceptring, simple past and past participle sceptred)

1. To give a sceptre to.
   • 1713, Thomas Tickell, On the Prospect of Peace

     To Britain's queen the sceptred suppliant bends.

2. To invest with royal power.

Anagrams

• recepts, respect, scepter, specter, spectre

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin sc?ptrum, itself borrowed from Ancient Greek ???????? (skêptron).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /s?pt?/

Noun

sceptre m (plural sceptres)

1. sceptre

Further reading

• “sceptre” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).