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See also: recto-
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Latin rēctō foliō (“on the right leaf, on the right page”), the ablative case of the Latin rēctus (“right”). Compare versus (“turned”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
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recto (plural rectos)
- The front side of a flat object which is to be examined visually, as for reading, such as a sheet, leaf, coin or medal.
- (printing) The right-hand page of a book of a script which reads from left to right, usually having an odd page number.
- (law) A writ of right.
Synonyms
[edit]- (front side of a flat object): front
Antonyms
[edit]- (antonym(s) of “front side of a flat object”): verso, flipside
- (antonym(s) of “right-hand page of a book”): reverso
Translations
[edit]The right-hand page of a book
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[edit]Asturian
[edit]Adjective
[edit]recto
French
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Audio: (file)
Noun
[edit]recto m (plural rectos)
Further reading
[edit]- “recto”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Italian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Latin [foliō] rēctō (literally “on the front of the sheet”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]recto m (invariable)
Further reading
[edit]- recto in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Anagrams
[edit]Latin
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈreːk.toː/, [ˈreːkt̪oː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈrek.to/, [ˈrɛkt̪o]
Etymology 1
[edit]From rēctus (“straight”) + -ō.
Adverb
[edit]rēctō (not comparable)
Etymology 2
[edit]See rēctus.
Participle
[edit]rēctō
References
[edit]- “recto”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- recto in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Old Irish
[edit]Noun
[edit]recto
Mutation
[edit]| Old Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
| recto also rrecto after a proclitic ending in a vowel |
recto pronounced with /r(ʲ)-/ |
unchanged |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Portuguese
[edit]Adjective
[edit]recto (feminine recta, masculine plural rectos, feminine plural rectas)
- Pre-reform spelling (until Brazil 1943/Portugal 1990) of reto. Still used in countries where the agreement hasn't come into effect; may occur as a sporadic misspelling.
Noun
[edit]recto m (plural rectos)
- Pre-reform spelling (until Brazil 1943/Portugal 1990) of reto. Still used in countries where the agreement hasn't come into effect; may occur as a sporadic misspelling.
Romanian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from French recto or Latin recto.
Noun
[edit]recto n (uncountable)
Declension
[edit] declension of recto (singular only)
Spanish
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Borrowed from Latin rectus, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵtós (“straightened, right”).
Adjective
[edit]recto (feminine recta, masculine plural rectos, feminine plural rectas)
- straight (of a line, pipe, street, etc, never about sexuality.)
- honest, honorable, upright, righteous, just, fair
- literal (of a meaning)
- (geometry) right (of an angle, etc)
Derived terms
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[edit]Etymology 2
[edit]Borrowed from Latin rectum (intestinum).
Noun
[edit]recto m (plural rectos)
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “recto”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28
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