different between basque vs recto

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French basque.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bæsk/, /b??sk/
• Rhymes: -æsk, -??sk

Noun

basque (plural basques)

1. The part of a waistcoat etc. extending below the waist.
2. A woman's close-fitting bodice, underbodice, or corset having such a feature.

Translations

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bask/

Etymology 1

From Old French baste, probably borrowed from Provençal or Occitan basto, from Frankish *bastijan (“to weave, plait, sew”).

Noun

basque f (plural basques)

1. skirt, skirts (of a jacket, morning coat etc.); basque (of waistcoat)

Derived terms

• coller aux basques
• lâcher les basque

Etymology 2

From Latin Vasco, singular form of the plural noun Vascones. The transition of the initial -v- to -b- indicates a likely loan from Spanish or Occitan. Doublet of gascon, from the accusative form Vasconem.

Noun

basque m (uncountable)

1. Basque (language)

Adjective

basque (plural basques)

1. Basque

Further reading

• “basque” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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