sceptre
French, noun/sɛptʁ/
sceptre is spelled S-C-E-P-T-R-E (7 letters) and appears 1.1 times per million words in written French, the 28,870th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sceptre is a French masculine noun meaning “sceptre” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Bâton de commandement, qui est une des marques de la royauté”.
What does sceptre mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinesceptre
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Bâton de commandement, qui est une des marques de la royauté. 2. Pouvoir souverain, la royauté même. 3. Supériorité, prééminence en quelque chose que ce soit.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of sceptre
- sceptres plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce sceptre?
- /sɛptʁ/
- \sɛptʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to sceptre
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is sceptre in French?
sceptre appears 1.1 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).