different between sept vs seeped

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)

1. A clan, tribe, or family, proceeding from a common progenitor (used especially of the ancient clans in Ireland).
2. 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

1. (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

1. 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)

1. seven

Descendants

• French: sept

Norman

Alternative forms

• saept (Guernsey)

Etymology

From Latin septem, from Proto-Indo-European *sept??.

Pronunciation

Numeral

sept

1. (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)

1. (anatomy) septum

Declension

English

Verb

seeped

1. simple past tense and past participle of seep