English

Abbreviation

Sept.

1. September.

Anagrams

• pest
• pets
• step

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

• sept on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Sept in the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica.

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 usage examples of this term, see Citations:sept.

Anagrams

• pest
• pets
• step

French

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɛt/

Numeral

sept

1. seven

Derived terms

• septième

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

• pets

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French set.

Numeral

sept ‎(invariable)

1. seven

Descendants

• French: sept

Norman

Alternative forms

• saept (Guernsey)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Numeral

sept

1. (Jersey) seven

Derived terms

• dgiêx-sept ‎(“seventeen”)

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowing from French septum, Borrowing from Latin saeptum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [sept]

Noun

sept n ‎(plural septuri)

1. (anatomy) septum

Declension