recount

English

Etymology 1

From Old Northern French and Anglo-Norman recunter, variant of Old French reconter.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɹɪˈkaʊnt/

• Audio (Southern England):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -aʊnt

Noun

recount (plural recounts)

1. Narration, account, description, rendering

Translations

narration, description

• Belarusian: апавяда́нне n (apavjadánnje), раска́з m (raskáz)
• Bulgarian: разказ (bg) m (razkaz), описание (bg) n (opisanie)
• Finnish: kertomus (fi) sg
• Italian: resoconto (it) m, racconto (it) m
• Russian: переска́з (ru) m (pereskáz), расска́з (ru) m (rasskáz), изложе́ние (ru) n (izložénije)
• Swedish: redogörelse (sv) c, berättelse (sv) c, uppgift (sv) c
• Ukrainian: ро́зповідь f (rózpovidʹ), розповіда́ння n (rozpovidánnja)

Verb

recount (third-person singular simple present recounts, present participle recounting, simple past and past participle recounted)

1. To tell; narrate; to relate in detail

   The old man recounted the tale of how he caught the big fish.

2. (dated) To rehearse; to enumerate.

   to recount one's blessings

Translations

to tell, narrate

• Belarusian: раска́зваць impf (raskázvacʹ), расказа́ть pf (raskazátʹ)
• Bulgarian: разка́звам (bg) impf (razkázvam), разка́жа pf (razkáža)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 述說／述说 (zh) (shùshuō), 敍述 (zh) (xùshù), 叙述 (zh) (xùsù), 詳述／详述 (zh) (xiángshù)

• Czech: vyprávět (cs) impf
• Esperanto: rakonti
• Finnish: kertoa (fi), tilittää (fi)
• French: raconter (fr)
• German: erzählen (de), berichten (de)
• Hungarian: elmesél (hu), beszámol (hu), elbeszél (hu)
• Italian: raccontare (it), narrare (it)
• Japanese: 物語る (ja) (ものがたる, monogataru), 詳述する (ja) (しょうじゅつする, shōjutsu suru)
• Latin: traloquor, memoro
• Maori: pūrongorongo
• Norman: raconter
• Persian: بازگفتن (fa) (bâzgoftan)
• Polish: opowiadać (pl) impf, opowiedzieć (pl) pf
• Portuguese: recontar (pt), relatar (pt)
• Russian: расска́зывать (ru) impf (rasskázyvatʹ), рассказа́ть (ru) pf (rasskazátʹ), излага́ть (ru) impf (izlagátʹ), изложи́ть (ru) pf (izložítʹ), переска́зывать (ru) impf (pereskázyvatʹ), пересказа́ть (ru) pf (pereskazátʹ)
• Slovak: porozprávať
• Swedish: redogöra (sv), berätta (sv), uppge (sv)
• Ukrainian: розповіда́ти (uk) impf (rozpovidáty), розпові́сти (uk) pf (rozpovísty)

Etymology 2

From re- +‎ count.

Pronunciation

• (noun) IPA^(key): /ˈɹiːkaʊnt/

• Audio (Southern England):

  (file)

• (verb) IPA^(key): /ɹiːˈkaʊnt/

• Audio (Southern England):

  (file)

Noun

recount (plural recounts)

1. A counting again, as of votes.

Translations

counting again

• Armenian: վերահաշվարկ (hy) (verahašvark)
• Finnish: tarkistuslaskenta (fi), uudelleenlaskenta
• Hungarian: újraszámlálás (hu), újraszámolás
• Italian: riconteggio
• Japanese: 再集計 (さいしゅうけい, saishūkei)
• Manx: aachoontey m
• Portuguese: recontagem f
• Russian: пересчёт (ru) m (peresčót)
• Scottish Gaelic: ath-chunntadh m
• Swedish: omräkning (sv) c

Verb

recount (third-person singular simple present recounts, present participle recounting, simple past and past participle recounted)

1. To count again.

Translations

to count again

• Armenian: վերահաշվարկել (hy) (verahašvarkel)
• Bulgarian: преброявам отново (prebrojavam otnovo)
• Finnish: laskea uudestaan, kertoa uudelleen
• French: recompter (fr)
• Hungarian: újraszámlál, újraszámol (hu)
• Italian: riconteggiare
• Latin: traloquor
• Manx: aachoont, aachoearroo m
• Portuguese: recontar (pt)
• Russian: пересчи́тывать (ru) impf (peresčítyvatʹ), пересчита́ть (ru) pf (peresčitátʹ)
• Swedish: räkna om

Anagrams

• Counter, Cureton, Cutrone, cornute, counter, counter-, countre, trounce