Borrowed from Latin rēctō foliō (“on the right leaf, on the right page”), the ablative case of the Latin rēctus (“right”). Compare versus (“turned”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈɹɛk.toʊ/

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Recto and verso

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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.
   1. (printing) The right-hand page of a book of a script which reads from left to right, usually having an odd page number.
2. (law) A writ of right.

• (front side of a flat object): front

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

• recto-

• Certo, Corte, ERCOT, torce, Ector

recto

1. neuter of rectu

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recto m (plural rectos)

1. recto

• “recto”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.

Borrowed from Latin rēctō (literally “on the front of the sheet”).

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

recto m (invariable)

1. recto (front side of a flat object)

   Antonym: verso

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

• certo, corte, torce

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key):
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key):

From rēctus (“straight”) +‎ -ō.

rēctō (not comparable)

1. directly

See rēctus.

rēctō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of rēctus

• “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.

recto

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

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

1. Pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1990 in Portugal) of reto. Still used in countries where the agreement hasn't come into effect; may occur as a sporadic misspelling.

recto m (plural rectos)

1. Pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1990 in Portugal) of reto. Still used in countries where the agreement hasn't come into effect; may occur as a sporadic misspelling.

Borrowed from French recto or Latin recto.

recto n (uncountable)

1. recto

• IPA^(key): /ˈreɡto/
• Rhymes: -eɡto
• Syllabification: rec‧to

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

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)

Borrowed from Latin rectum (intestinum).

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recto

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recto m (plural rectos)

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

• “recto”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy , 2024 December 10