# 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: /ˈɹɛk.toʊ/

### Noun

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

#### Synonyms

* (front side of a flat object): front

#### Antonyms

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

#### Translations
### See also

* recto-

### Anagrams

* Certo, Corte, ERCOT, torce, Ector

## Asturian
### Adjective

recto
* neuter of rectu

## French
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Noun

recto m (plural rectos)
* recto

### Further reading

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

## Italian
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈrɛk.to/
* Rhymes: -ɛkto
* Hyphenation: rèc‧to

### Noun

recto m (invariable)
* recto (front side of a flat object)
    Antonym: verso

### Further reading

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

### Anagrams

* certo, corte, torce

## Latin
### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /ˈreːk.toː/, [ˈreːkt̪oː]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈrek.to/, [ˈrɛkt̪o]

### Etymology 1

From rēctus (“straight”) +‎ -ō.

#### Adverb

rēctō (not comparable)
* directly

### Etymology 2

See rēctus.

#### Participle

rēctō
* 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.

## Old Irish
### Noun

recto
* Alternative spelling of rechto: genitive singular/dual of rect

### Mutation

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

## Portuguese
### Adjective

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

### Noun

recto m (plural rectos)
* 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.

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from French recto or Latin recto.

### Noun

recto n (uncountable)
* recto

#### Declension
## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈreɡto/ [ˈreɣ̞.t̪o]
* Rhymes: -eɡto
* Syllabification: rec‧to

### Etymology 1

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

#### Adjective

recto (feminine recta, masculine plural rectos, feminine plural rectas)
* straight (of a line, pipe, street, etc, never about sexuality.)
* honest, honorable, upright, righteous, just, fair
* literal (of a meaning)
* (geometry) right (of an angle, etc)

##### Derived terms

* ángulo recto

##### Related terms

* correcto
* directo
* recta
* rectitud

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from Latin rectum (intestinum).

#### Noun

recto m (plural rectos)
* (anatomy) rectum
* (anatomy) rectus

##### Derived terms

* músculo recto
* rectal

### Further reading

* “recto”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

### Anagrams

* cetro
* corte
* corté
* terco
* troce
* trocé