Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

cep

/sɛp/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 2.37 in modern English

Syllables: cep
IPA: /sɛp/

7

Scrabble Score

3

Letters

1

Syllables

3

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An edible mushroom (Boletus edulis).

noun

An initialism of three synonymous phrases, namely:

noun

An initialism of three synonymous phrases, namely:

noun

An initialism of three synonymous phrases, namely:

noun

Initialism of current estimated potential, a prediction of a civil servant's highest attainable grade and his/her talent

Example Sentences

"Ask yourself this question: How do we know that it is not dangerous for us to eat ceps and chanterelle mushrooms, but that we must never touch some others, such as deathcap mushrooms?"
"The Circular Error Probable (CEPs) of SLBMs and SLCMs ought thus to be deliberately kept above the 'Hard Target Kill' (HTK) level."

Etymology

From French cèpe, from Latin cippus (“stake”). Doublet of cippus.

Origin

Source language: French

Word Breakdown

Root: cèpe

Inflected Forms

ceps (plural) cèpe (alternative) cepe (alternative)

Synonyms

penny bun porcini

Homonyms

sep

Rhymes With

step yep rep prep sep pep depp shep dep hep epp steppe

Questions

How do you pronounce cep?: The recorded pronunciation is /sɛp/.
What does cep mean?: An edible mushroom (Boletus edulis).
Where does cep come from?: It is traced to French.

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