sept
التعريفات والمعاني
== 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.
===== Derived terms =====
===== Translations =====
==== 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 ===
On analogy with creep → crept, weep → wept etc.
==== 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-
== Estonian ==
=== Noun ===
sept (genitive septi, partitive septi)
abbreviation of september (“September”)
Coordinate terms: jaan, veebr, märts, apr, mai, juuni, juuli, aug, okt, nov, dets
== 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/
(Meridional) 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 ====
==== Descendants ====
Haitian Creole: sèt
Louisiana Creole: sèt
Réunion Creole French: 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) (in Romanian), 2004–2026
== Spanish ==
=== Noun ===
sept m
alternative form of sept.: abbreviation of septiembre (“September”)
Coordinate terms: ene, feb, mar, abr, may, jun, jul, ago, oct, nov, dic