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Sept.

Sept.

See also: sept and sept-

English

Abbreviation

Sept.

  1. September.

Anagrams

sept.

sept

See also: sept- and Sept.

English

Noun

sept (plural septs)

  1. A clan, tribe, or family, proceeding from a common progenitor (used especially of the ancient clans in Ireland).
    • 1842, Samuel Lover, Handy Andy, volume 2:
      The chief, struck by the illustration, asked at once to be baptized, and all his sept followed his example.

See also

References

  • sept in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

Etymology 2

Probably influenced by weepwept.

Verb

sept

  1. (nonstandard, rare) simple past tense and past participle of seep
    • For usage examples of this term, see Citations:sept.

Anagrams


French

Etymology

From Middle French sept, from Old French set, from Latin septem (seven), from Proto-Indo-European *septḿ̥.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sɛt/

Numeral

French cardinal numbers
 <  6 7 8  > 
    Cardinal : sept
    Ordinal : septième
French Wikipedia article on sept

sept

  1. seven

Derived terms

See also

Playing cards in French · cartes à jouer (layout · text)
as deux trois quatre cinq six sept
huit neuf dix valet dame roi joker

Anagrams


Middle French

Etymology

From Old French set.

Numeral

sept (invariable)

  1. seven

Descendants


Norman

Norman cardinal numbers
 <  6 7 8  > 
    Cardinal : sept

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin septem, from Proto-Indo-European *septḿ̥.

Pronunciation

Numeral

sept

  1. (Jersey) seven

Derived terms


Romanian

Etymology

Borrowing from French septum, Borrowing from Latin saeptum.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [sept]

Noun

sept n (plural septuri)

  1. (anatomy) septum

Declension