different between sept vs spet

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sp?t/

Noun

spet (uncountable)

1. (obsolete) spittle

Verb

spet (third-person singular simple present spets, present participle spetting, simple past and past participle spetted)

1. To spit; to throw out.

   • the dragon […] spets her thickest gloom

Anagrams

• EPTs, ESTP, PETs, Pest, STEP, Sept, Sept., TPEs, Teps, pest, pets, sept, sept-, step, step-

Slovene

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /spé?t/

Adverb

sp??t

1. again, once more

Further reading

• “spet”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English spit.

Noun

spet

1. saliva

Torres Strait Creole

Etymology

From English spit.

Noun

spet

1. saliva

Volapük

Noun

spet (nominative plural spets)

1. hope

Declension