different between recto vs rector

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

English

Alternative forms

• rectour (obsolete)

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin r?ctor.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /???kt?/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /???kt?/
• Hyphenation: rec?tor

Noun

rector (plural rectors, feminine rectress)

1. In the Anglican Church, a cleric in charge of a parish and who owns the tithes of it.
2. In the Roman Catholic Church, a cleric with managerial as well as spiritual responsibility for a church or other institution.
3. (Eastern Orthodoxy, uncommon) A priest or bishop who is in charge of a parish or in an administrative leadership position in a theological seminary or academy.
4. In a Protestant church, a pastor in charge of a church with administrative and pastoral leadership combined.
5. A headmaster in various educational institutions, e.g. a university.

Related terms

• rectorate
• rectorial
• rectory
• rectrix

Translations

Anagrams

• Corter

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin rector.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /r?k?to/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /rek?to?/

Adjective

rector (feminine rectora, masculine plural rectors, feminine plural rectores)

1. ruling

Noun

rector m (plural rectors)

1. rector
2. dean
3. ruler, director, head

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin rector.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?r?k.t?r/
• Hyphenation: rec?tor
• Rhymes: -?kt?r

Noun

rector m (plural rectoren or rectors)

1. rector

Descendants

• Indonesian: rektor

Latin

Etymology

reg? (“to steer, to guide; to rule”) +? -tor.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

r?ctor m (genitive r?ct?ris); third declension

1. guide, leader
2. director, ruler, master, governor
3. tutor, instructor, teacher, mentor

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Descendants

• ? Dutch: rector
  • ? Indonesian: rektor
• English: rector
• French: recteur
• German: Rektor
• Italian: rettore
• Norman: recteu (Jersey)
• ? Old Irish: rechtaire
  • Irish: reachtaire
• Portuguese: reitor
• Polish: rektor
  • Russian: ??????? (réktor)
    • Armenian: ?????? (?ektor)
• Romanian: rector
• Spanish: rector
• Swedish: rektor

References

• rector in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• rector in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• rector in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• rector in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book?^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin rector.

Adjective

rector (feminine rectora, masculine plural rectores, feminine plural rectoras)

1. governing, directing

Noun

rector m (plural rectores, feminine rectora, feminine plural rectoras)

1. rector