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sept
English
Pronunciation
- (UK, US) IPA(key): /s?pt/
- Rhymes: -?pt
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 (used especially of the ancient clans in 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, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
Etymology 2
Probably influenced by weep ? wept.
Verb
sept
- (nonstandard, rare) simple past tense 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
From Middle French sept, from Old French set, from Latin septem (“seven”), from Proto-Indo-European *sept??.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /s?t/
- (archaic, before a consonant or aspirate h) IPA(key): /s?/
- Rhymes: -?t
- Homophones: cet, cette
Numeral
sept
- seven
Derived terms
- cinq à sept
- cent sept ans
- rugby à sept
- sept cents
- sept péchés capitaux
- septième
See also
Further reading
- “sept” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Anagrams
- pets
Middle French
Etymology
From Old French set.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (in isolation or before a vowel) /s?t/, (before a consonant) /s?/
Numeral
sept (invariable)
- seven
Descendants
- French: sept
Norman
Alternative forms
- saept (Guernsey)
Etymology
From Latin septem, from Proto-Indo-European *sept??.
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
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lept
English
Verb
lept
- (obsolete) simple past tense and past participle of leap
- 1590?, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene
- Into the lake he lept his lord to ayd, / (So love the dread of daunger doth despise,) / And, of him catching hold, him strongly stayd / From drowning […]
- 1590?, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene
Anagrams
- Pelt, pelt
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