sceptre
See also: Sceptre
English
Alternative forms
- scepter (American)
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”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈsɛptə/
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈsɛptɚ/
Noun
sceptre (plural sceptres)
- (UK) An ornamental staff held by a ruling monarch as a symbol of power.
- Synonyms: golden wand, royal wand
Derived terms
- was-sceptre
Translations
ornamental staff
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Verb
sceptre (third-person singular simple present sceptres, present participle sceptring, simple past and past participle sceptred)
- To give a sceptre to.
- 1713, Thomas Tickell, On the Prospect of Peace
- To Britain's queen the sceptred suppliant bends.
- 1713, Thomas Tickell, On the Prospect of Peace
- To invest with royal power.
Anagrams
- recepts, respect, scepter, specter, spectre
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin scēptrum, itself borrowed from Ancient Greek σκῆπτρον (skêptron).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sɛptʁ/
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Noun
sceptre m (plural sceptres)
- sceptre
Further reading
- “sceptre”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.