recto

See also: recto-

English

Etymology

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈɹɛk.toʊ/

Noun

recto (plural rectos)

1. The front side of a flat object which is to be examined visually, as for reading, such as a sheet, leaf, coin or medal.
2. (printing) The right-hand page of a book of a script which reads from left to right, usually having an odd page number.
3. (law) A writ of right.

Synonyms

• (front side of a flat object): front

Antonyms

• (front side of a flat object): verso, flipside
• (right-hand page of a book): reverso

Translations

The front side of a flat object

• Czech: líc (cs)
• French: recto (fr) m

• Spanish: anverso m

The right-hand page of a book

• Bulgarian: дясна страница (djasna stranica)
• French: recto (fr) m
• Greek: δεξιά σελίδα f (dexiá selída)

• Ido: averso (io)
• Russian: правая страни́ца f (pravaja straníca), лицевая сторона́ f (licevaja storoná)

See also

• recto-

Anagrams

• Corte, ERCOT, Ector

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Asturian

Adjective

recto

1. neuter of rectu

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French

Noun

recto m (plural rectos)

1. recto

Further reading

• “recto”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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Italian

Etymology

From Latin [​foliō​] rēctō (literally “on the front of the sheet”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrɛk.to/
• Rhymes: -ɛkto
• Hyphenation: rèc‧to

Noun

recto m (invariable)

1. recto (front side of a flat object)

   Antonym: verso

References

• recto in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

• certo, corte, torce

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Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈreːk.toː/, [ˈreːkt̪oː]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈrek.to/, [ˈrɛkt̪o]

Etymology 1

From rēctus (“straight”) +‎ -ō.

Adverb

rēctō (not comparable)

1. directly

Etymology 2

See rēctus.

Participle

rēctō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of rēctus

References

• “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

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Portuguese

Adjective

recto (feminine recta, masculine plural rectos, feminine plural rectas)

1. Superseded spelling of reto. (Superseded in Brazil by the 1943 spelling reform and by the Portuguese Language Orthographic Agreement of 1990 elsewhere. Still used in countries where the agreement hasn’t come into effect and as an alternative spelling in Portugal.)

Noun

recto m (plural rectos)

1. Superseded spelling of reto. (Superseded in Brazil by the 1943 spelling reform and by the Portuguese Language Orthographic Agreement of 1990 elsewhere. Still used in countries where the agreement hasn’t come into effect and as an alternative spelling in Portugal.)

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Romanian

Etymology

From French recto or Latin recto.

Noun

recto n (uncountable)

1. recto

Declension

declension of recto (singular only)

	singular
n gender	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) recto	rectoul
genitive/dative	(unui) recto	rectoului
vocative	rectoule

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Spanish

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin rectus, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵtós (“straightened, right”).

Adjective

recto (feminine recta, masculine plural rectos, feminine plural rectas)

1. straight (of a line, pipe, street, etc, never about sexuality.)
2. honest, honorable, upright, righteous, just, fair
3. literal (of a meaning)
4. (geometry) right (of an angle, etc)

Derived terms

• ángulo recto

Related terms

• recta
• directo
• rectitud
• correcto

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Latin rectum (intestinum).

Noun

recto m (plural rectos)

1. (anatomy) rectum
2. (anatomy) rectus

Derived terms

• rectal

Further reading

• “recto”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Anagrams

• cetro
• corte

• corté
• terco

• troce
• trocé