septénaire
French, noun\sɛp.te.nɛʁ\
septénaire is spelled S-E-P-T-É-N-A-I-R-E (10 letters) and appears about once in every 34 million words in written French, the 186,002nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Septénaire is a French masculine noun meaning “septenary” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Un des espaces de la vie de l’être humain, quand on en divise tout le cours en périodes de sept ans, à…”.
What does septénaire mean in English?
adjective
- 1
septenary
noun
- 1
masculineseptenary
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui contient sept. 2. Se dit des vers latins ïambiques et trochaïques.
noun: 1. Un des espaces de la vie de l’être humain, quand on en divise tout le cours en périodes de sept ans, à compter du jour de la naissance. 2. Ensemble de sept éléments.
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 septénaire
- septénaires plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce septénaire?
- \sɛp.te.nɛʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is septénaire in French?
septénaire appears about once in every 34 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).