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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈsɛptə/ [UK], /ˈsɛptɚ/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-sceptre.wav Forms: sceptres [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English septre, sceptre, from Old French sceptre, from Latin scēptrum, from Ancient Greek σκῆπτρον (skêptron, “staff, stick, baton”), from σκήπτω (skḗptō, “to prop, to support, to lean upon a staff”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*-trom}}, {{inh|en|enm|septre}} Middle English septre, {{der|en|fro|sceptre}} Old French sceptre, {{der|en|la|scēptrum}} Latin scēptrum, {{der|en|grc|σκῆπτρον||staff, stick, baton}} Ancient Greek σκῆπτρον (skêptron, “staff, stick, baton”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} sceptre (plural sceptres)
  1. (British spelling) An ornamental staff held by a ruling monarch as a symbol of power. Tags: UK Categories (topical): Monarchy Synonyms: golden wand, royal wand Derived forms: meat sceptre, was-sceptre Translations (ornamental staff): 𒄑𒉺 (hattu) (Akkadian), σκῆπτρον (skêptron) [neuter] (Ancient Greek), صَوْلَجَان (ṣawlajān) (Arabic), գավազան (gavazan) (Armenian), գայիսոն (gayison) (Armenian), cetru [masculine] (Asturian), скі́петр (skípjetr) [masculine] (Belarusian), жазло́ (žazló) [neuter] (Belarusian), же́зъл (žézǎl) [masculine] (Bulgarian), скиптър (skiptǎr) [masculine] (Bulgarian), ceptre [masculine] (Catalan), 權杖 (Chinese Mandarin), 权杖 (quánzhàng) (Chinese Mandarin), жьзлъ (žĭzlŭ) [Cyrillic, masculine] (Church Slavic), žezlo [neuter] (Czech), scepter [common-gender] (Danish), scepter [masculine] (Dutch), sceptro (Esperanto), skepter (Estonian), veldisstavur [masculine] (Faroese), kongsstavur [masculine] (Faroese), valtikka (Finnish), sceptre [masculine] (French), cetro [masculine] (Galician), კვერთხი (ḳvertxi) (Georgian), Zepter [masculine, neuter] (German), Szepter [Austria, masculine, neuter] (German), σκήπτρο (skíptro) [neuter] (Greek), שַׁרְבִיט (sharvít) [masculine] (Hebrew), jogar (Hungarian), scettro [masculine] (Italian), 王笏 (ōshaku) (alt: おうしゃく) (Japanese), 왕홀 (wanghol) (Korean), sceptrum [neuter] (Latin), baculum (Latin), scepteris [masculine] (Latvian), skeptras [masculine] (Lithuanian), жезол (žezol) [masculine] (Macedonian), ചെങ്കോൽ (ceṅkōl) (Malayalam), hepeta (Maori), septer [masculine] (Norwegian), cyneġierd [feminine] (Old English), عصا (ʼasa) (Ottoman Turkish), Zepta [masculine] (Plautdietsch), berło [neuter] (Polish), cetro (Portuguese), sceptru (Romanian), ски́петр (skípetr) [masculine] (Russian), жезл (žezl) [masculine] (Russian), жезло [Cyrillic, neuter] (Serbo-Croatian), žezlo [Roman, neuter] (Serbo-Croatian), žezlo [neuter] (Slovak), žezlo [neuter] (Slovene), cetro [masculine] (Spanish), 𒄑𒉺 (alt: ^(giš)GIDRU, ^(giš)PA) (Sumerian), fimbo ya kifalme (Swahili), spira [common-gender] (Swedish), setro (Tagalog), คทา (ká-taa) (Thai), hükümdar asası (Turkish), скі́петр (skípetr) [masculine] (Ukrainian), бе́рло (bérlo) [neuter] (Ukrainian), жезл (žezl) [masculine] (Ukrainian)
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Synonyms: scepter [US]

Verb [English]

IPA: /ˈsɛptə/ [UK], /ˈsɛptɚ/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-sceptre.wav Forms: sceptres [present, singular, third-person], sceptring [participle, present], sceptred [participle, past], sceptred [past]
Etymology: From Middle English septre, sceptre, from Old French sceptre, from Latin scēptrum, from Ancient Greek σκῆπτρον (skêptron, “staff, stick, baton”), from σκήπτω (skḗptō, “to prop, to support, to lean upon a staff”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*-trom}}, {{inh|en|enm|septre}} Middle English septre, {{der|en|fro|sceptre}} Old French sceptre, {{der|en|la|scēptrum}} Latin scēptrum, {{der|en|grc|σκῆπτρον||staff, stick, baton}} Ancient Greek σκῆπτρον (skêptron, “staff, stick, baton”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} sceptre (third-person singular simple present sceptres, present participle sceptring, simple past and past participle sceptred)
  1. To give a sceptre to.
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  2. (figurative) To invest with royal power. Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: en-sceptre-en-verb-eIfDz30s
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Synonyms: scepter [US]

Noun [French]

IPA: /sɛptʁ/ Audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-VictorDtmtc-sceptre.wav , LL-Q150 (fra)-LoquaxFR-sceptre.wav Forms: sceptres [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin scēptrum, itself borrowed from Ancient Greek σκῆπτρον (skêptron). Etymology templates: {{bor+|fr|la|scēptrum}} Borrowed from Latin scēptrum, {{der|fr|grc|σκῆπτρον}} Ancient Greek σκῆπτρον (skêptron) Head templates: {{fr-noun|m}} sceptre m (plural sceptres)
  1. sceptre Tags: masculine Categories (topical): Monarchy
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Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "ref": "1769, Firishta, translated by Alexander Dow, Tales translated from the Persian of Inatulla of Delhi, volume I, Dublin: P. and W. Wilson et al., page 11:",
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          "text": "To the fleet he came / Bearing rich ranſom glorious to redeem / His daughter, and his hands charged with the wreath / And golden ſceptre of the God shaft-arm’d.",
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          "text": "But what had occupied him most was the robe he was to wear at his coronation, the robe of tissued gold, and the ruby-studded crown, and the sceptre with its rows and rings of pearls.",
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        "US"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
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    },
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    }
  ],
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      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      },
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    }
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        "French terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Pages with 2 entries",
        "Pages with entries",
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      ],
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        "sceptre"
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          "sceptre#English"
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      ]
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}

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