septante

From Old French setante, from Latin septuāgintā, from *septmāginta, from Proto-Indo-European *septm̥̄ḱomt, from earlier *septḿ̥--dḱomt (“seven-ten”). The -p- was restored under influence of the Latin word.

• IPA^(key): /sɛp.tɑ̃t/

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septante

1. (Belgium, Switzerland, Congo, Acadian, Savoy) seventy

   Synonym: soixante-dix

• sept

• huitante
• Septante
• nonante

• “septante” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

From Old French setante, from Latin septuāgintā.

septante

1. (Jersey) seventy

From Old French setante, from Latin septuaginta.

septante

1. seventy

• set