different between recta vs recto

English

Noun

recta

1. plural of rectum
   • 1983: John Oliver Killens, And Then We Heard the Thunder, p321

     They were scared deep in their recta, but they leaped out of the foxhole and ran to the rescue, but by the time they got there Bucket-head had already stopped one of the enemy and the rest of them headed back upstream.

References

Anagrams

• Carte, Trace, acter, caret, carte, cater, crate, creat, react, reäct, trace

Catalan

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /?r?k.t?/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /?r?k.ta/

Adjective

recta

1. feminine singular of recte

Latin

Etymology 1

From the feminine ablative singular of r?ctus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?re?k.ta?/, [?re?kt?ä?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?rek.ta/, [?r?kt??]

Adverb

r?ct? (not comparable)

1. directly, straightforward

Etymology 2

See r?ctus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?re?k.ta?/, [?re?kt?ä?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?rek.ta/, [?r?kt??]

Participle

r?cta

1. nominative/vocative feminine singular of r?ctus
2. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural of r?ctus

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?re?k.ta/, [?re?kt?ä]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?rek.ta/, [?r?kt??]

Participle

r?ct?

1. ablative feminine singular of r?ctus

References

• recta in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• recta in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• recta in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)

Portuguese

Adjective

recta

1. feminine singular of recto

Spanish

Adjective

recta

1. feminine singular of recto

Noun

recta f (plural rectas)

1. straight line
2. straight

Derived terms

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin r?ct? foli? (“on the right leaf, on the right page”), the ablative case of the Latin r?ctus (“right”). Confer versus (“turned”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???k.to?/

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

See also

• recto-

Anagrams

• Corte, ERCOT, Ector

Italian

Etymology

From Latin [?foli??] r?ct? (literally “on the front of the sheet”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?r?k.to/
• Rhymes: -?kto
• Hyphenation: rè?cto

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

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?re?k.to?/, [?re?kt?o?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?rek.to/, [?r?kt??]

Etymology 1

From r?ctus (“straight”) +? -?.

Adverb

r?ct? (not comparable)

1. directly

Etymology 2

See r?ctus.

Participle

r?ct?

1. dative masculine singular of r?ctus
2. dative neuter singular of r?ctus
3. ablative masculine singular of r?ctus
4. ablative neuter singular of r?ctus

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

Portuguese

Adjective

recto m (feminine singular recta, masculine plural rectos, feminine plural rectas, comparable) (European orthography)

1. Alternative form of reto

Noun

recto m (plural rectos) (European orthography)

1. Alternative form of reto

Spanish

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin rectus, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h?re?tós (“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

Anagrams