recital

See also: récital

English

Etymology

From recite +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɹɪˈsaɪtl̩/

• Audio (US):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -aɪtəl

Noun

recital (countable and uncountable, plural recitals)

1. The act of reciting (the repetition of something that has been memorized); rehearsal
2. The act of telling the order of events of something in detail the order of events; narration.
3. That which is recited; a story, narration, account.
4. A vocal, instrumental or visual performance by a soloist.

   perform a piano recital

5. (law) A formal, preliminary statement in a deed or writing in order to explain the reasons on which the transaction is founded, prior to a positive allegation.

Translations

the act of reciting

• Bulgarian: рецитиране (bg) n (recitirane)
• Catalan: recital m, recital
• French: récital (fr) m
• Italian: recitale m
• Portuguese: recitação (pt) f
• Romanian: recitare (ro) f
• Spanish: recitación (es) f, recital (es) m

narration — see narration

a vocal, instrumental or visual performance by a soloist

• Bulgarian: рецитал m (recital)
• Galician: recital m
• German: Vortrag (de) m
• Greek: ρεσιτάλ (el) n (resitál)
• Japanese: 発表会
• Polish: recital (pl) m
• Portuguese: recital (pt) m
• Romanian: recital (ro) n
• Russian: сольное выступление n (solʹnoje vystuplenije)
• Spanish: recital (es) m
• Turkish: resital (tr)

a formal explanation of the reasons on which the transaction is founded

• Arabic: حَيْثِيَّة f (ḥayṯiyya)
• Bengali: বয়ান (bn) (boẏan)
• Bulgarian: съображе́ние (bg) n (sǎobražénie)
• Czech: bod odůvodnění m
• Dutch: overweging (nl) f
• French: considérant (fr) m
• German: Erwägungsgrund m
• Italian: considerando (it) m
• Polish: motyw (pl) m
• Portuguese: considerando (pt) m
• Romanian: considerent (ro) n, considerente n pl
• Serbo-Croatian: úvodna ȉzjava f
• Slovak: bod odôvodnenia m, odôvodnenie n
• Slovene: uvodna izjava f
• Spanish: considerando (es) m
• Turkish: beyan (tr)

Anagrams

• article, clairet, lacerti

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from English recital.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrɛ.t͡ʃi.tal/, (traditional) /re.t͡ʃiˈtal/, (careful style) /ˈrɛ.si.tal/, (traditional, careful style) /re.siˈtal/
• Rhymes: -ɛtʃital, (traditional) -al, (careful style) -ɛsital
• Hyphenation: rè‧ci‧tal, (traditional) re‧ci‧tàl

Noun

recital m (invariable)

1. recital (theatrical recitation)

Anagrams

• altrice, celarti, citarle, tralice

Polish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English recital.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rɛˈt͡ʂi.tal/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ital
• Syllabification: re‧ci‧tal

Noun

recital m inan

1. (music) recital (vocal, instrumental, or visual performance by a soloist)

Declension

Declension of recital

	singular	plural
nominative	recital	recitale
genitive	recitalu	recitali/recitalów
dative	recitalowi	recitalom
accusative	recital	recitale
instrumental	recitalem	recitalami
locative	recitalu	recitalach
vocative	recitalu	recitale

Derived terms

adjective

• recitalowy

 

Further reading

• recital in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• recital in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from French récital.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁe.siˈtaw/ [he.siˈtaʊ̯]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁe.siˈtaw/ [he.siˈtaʊ̯]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ʁe.siˈtaw/ [χe.siˈtaʊ̯]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁɨ.siˈtal/ [ʁɨ.siˈtaɫ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁɨ.siˈtal/ [ʁɨ.siˈtaɫ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁɨ.siˈta.li/

• Rhymes: -al, -aw
• Hyphenation: re‧ci‧tal

Noun

recital m (plural recitais)

1. (performing arts) recital (live performance, especially by a soloist)

Related terms

• recitação
• recitar

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French récital.

Noun

recital n (plural recitaluri)

1. recital

Declension

Declension of recital

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) recital	recitalul	(niște) recitaluri	recitalurile
genitive/dative	(unui) recital	recitalului	(unor) recitaluri	recitalurilor
vocative	recitalule		recitalurilor

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /reθiˈtal/ [re.θiˈt̪al]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /resiˈtal/ [re.siˈt̪al]
• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: re‧ci‧tal

Noun

recital m (plural recitales)

1. recital
2. gig, concert

Further reading

• “recital”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28