recto

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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).

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Noun[edit]

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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[edit]

  • (front side of a flat object): front

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Asturian[edit]

Adjective[edit]

recto

  1. neuter of rectu

French[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (file)

Noun[edit]

recto m (plural rectos)

  1. recto

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Italian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Latin [​foliō​] rēctō (literally on the front of the sheet).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

recto m (invariable)

  1. recto (front side of a flat object)
    Antonym: verso

Further reading[edit]

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

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Latin[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From rēctus (straight) +‎ .

Adverb[edit]

rēctō (not comparable)

  1. directly

Etymology 2[edit]

See rēctus.

Participle[edit]

rēctō

  1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of rēctus

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

  1. Alternative spelling of rechto: genitive singular/dual of rect

Mutation[edit]

Old Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
recto
also rrecto after a proclitic
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)

  1. 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)

  1. 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)

  1. recto

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Spanish[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈreɡto/ [ˈreɣ̞.t̪o]
  • Rhymes: -eɡto
  • Syllabification: rec‧to

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)

  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)
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Etymology 2[edit]

Borrowed from Latin rectum (intestinum).

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Noun[edit]

recto m (plural rectos)

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