sceptre

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• UK: /ˈsɛptə/
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• US: /ˈsɛptɚ/
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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”).

70 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: septer — ornamental staff
• Akkadian: 𒄑𒉺 (hattu) — ornamental staff
• Arabic: صَوْلَجَان (ṣawlajān) — ornamental staff
• Armenian: գավազան (gavazan) — ornamental staff
• Armenian: գայիսոն (gayison) — ornamental staff
• Asturian: cetru — ornamental staff
• Belarusian: скі́петр (skípjetr) — ornamental staff
• Belarusian: жазло́ (žazló) — ornamental staff
• Bulgarian: же́зъл (žézǎl) — ornamental staff
• Bulgarian: скиптър (skiptǎr) — ornamental staff
• Catalan: ceptre — ornamental staff
• Chinese Mandarin: 權杖 /权杖 (quánzhàng) — ornamental staff
• Czech: žezlo — ornamental staff
• Danish: scepter — ornamental staff
• Danish: spir — ornamental staff
• Dutch: scepter — ornamental staff
• Esperanto: sceptro — ornamental staff
• Estonian: skepter — ornamental staff
• Faroese: veldisstavur — ornamental staff
• Faroese: kongsstavur — ornamental staff
• Finnish: valtikka — ornamental staff
• French: sceptre — ornamental staff
• Galician: cetro — ornamental staff
• Georgian: კვერთხი (ḳvertxi) — ornamental staff
• German: Zepter — ornamental staff
• German: Szepter — ornamental staff
• Greek: σκήπτρο (skíptro) — ornamental staff
• Ancient Greek: σκῆπτρον (skêptron) — ornamental staff
• Hebrew: שַׁרְבִיט (sharvít) — ornamental staff
• Hungarian: jogar — ornamental staff
• Indonesian: jogan — ornamental staff
• Irish: slat ríoga — ornamental staff
• Italian: scettro — ornamental staff
• Japanese: 王笏 (ōshaku) — ornamental staff
• Korean: 왕홀 (wanghol) — ornamental staff
• Latin: sceptrum — ornamental staff
• Latin: baculum — ornamental staff
• Latvian: scepteris — ornamental staff
• Lithuanian: skeptras — ornamental staff
• Macedonian: жезол (žezol) — ornamental staff
• Malay: cogan — ornamental staff
• Malayalam: ചെങ്കോൽ (ceṅkōl) — ornamental staff
• Māori: hepeta — ornamental staff
• Norwegian: septer — ornamental staff
• Church Slavic: жьзлъ (žĭzlŭ) — ornamental staff
• Old English: cyneġierd — ornamental staff
• Plautdietsch: Zepta — ornamental staff
• Polish: berło — ornamental staff
• Portuguese: cetro — ornamental staff
• Romanian: sceptru — ornamental staff
• Russian: ски́петр (skípetr) — ornamental staff
• Russian: жезл (žezl) — ornamental staff
• Serbo-Croatian: жезло — ornamental staff
• Serbo-Croatian: žezlo — ornamental staff
• Slovak: žezlo — ornamental staff
• Slovene: žezlo — ornamental staff
• Spanish: cetro — ornamental staff
• Sumerian: 𒄑𒉺 — ornamental staff
• Swahili: fimbo ya kifalme — ornamental staff
• Swedish: spira — ornamental staff
• Tagalog: setro — ornamental staff
• Tamil: செங்கோல் (ceṅkōl) — ornamental staff
• Thai: คทา (ká-taa) — ornamental staff
• Turkish: hükümdar asası — ornamental staff
• Ottoman Turkish: عصا (ʼasa) — ornamental staff
• Ukrainian: скі́петр (skípetr) — ornamental staff
• Ukrainian: бе́рло (bérlo) — ornamental staff
• Ukrainian: жезл (žezl) — ornamental staff
• Vietnamese: trượng — ornamental staff
• Vietnamese: quyền trượng — ornamental staff