recite

See also: récite, récité, and recité

English

Etymology

From Middle English reciten, from Old French reciter, from Latin recitare.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɹɪˈsaɪt/
Audio (Southern England) (file)
Rhymes: -aɪt

Verb

recite (third-person singular simple present recites, present participle reciting, simple past and past participle recited)

(transitive) To repeat aloud (some passage, poem or other text previously memorized, or in front of one's eyes), often before an audience.
Janice is able to recite pi to 100 decimals.
(transitive) To list or enumerate something.
(intransitive) To deliver a recitation.

Synonyms

(repeat aloud): declaim, go through, spout
(list or enumerate something): tabulate; see also Thesaurus:tick off

Related terms

recit
recitation

Translations

to recite — see say

to repeat aloud some passage, poem or other text

Arabic: تَلَا‎ (talā)
Bulgarian: рецитирам (recitiram), декламирам (bg) (deklamiram)
Catalan: recitar (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 背誦／背诵 (zh) (bèisòng)
Czech: recitovat
Danish: recitere (da)
Dutch: reciteren (nl)
Esperanto: deklami
Finnish: lausua (fi)
French: réciter (fr)
Galician: recitar (gl)
German: vortragen (de); rezitieren (de); zu Gehör bringen; (poem also:) aufsagen (de); deklamieren (de)
Gothic: 𐌿𐍃𐍃𐌹𐌲𐌲𐍅𐌰𐌽 (ussiggwan)
Greek: απαγγέλλω (el) (apangéllo)
Hebrew: דִקְלֵם‎ (he) (diqlém)
Hungarian: felmond (hu), szaval (hu)
Japanese: 暗唱する (ja) (あんしょうする, anshō suru), 吟ずる (ぎんずる, ginzuru)
Korean: 부르다 (ko) (bureuda), 암송하다 (ko) (amsonghada), 읊다 (ko) (eupda), 낭독하다 (nangdokhada), 복창하다 (bokchanghada)
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: خوێندن‎ (ku) (xwêndin)
Latin: recitō
Maori: tātaku, takutaku, takitaki, whakaaraara, tohitū (without a break), taki
Norman: r'citer
Norwegian:
Bokmål: resitere
Nynorsk: resitere, resitera
Persian: برخواندن‎ (fa) (barxândan)
Polish: recytować (pl) impf, wyrecytować pf
Portuguese: recitar (pt)
Rapa Nui: rongorongo
Russian: деклами́ровать (ru) impf (deklamírovatʹ), продеклами́ровать (ru) pf (prodeklamírovatʹ), цити́ровать (ru) impf (citírovatʹ), процити́ровать (ru) pf (procitírovatʹ)
Sanskrit: पठति (sa) (paṭhati)
Spanish: recitar (es), declamar (es)
Thai: ท่อง (th) (tɔ̂ng)
Welsh: adrodd (cy)

to list or enumerate something

Bulgarian: изброявам (bg) (izbrojavam)
Finnish: luetella (fi)
Greek: απαριθμώ (el) (aparithmó)
Hungarian: felsorol (hu)
Polish: recytować (pl) impf, wyrecytować pf
Russian: перечисля́ть (ru) impf (perečisljátʹ), перечи́слить (ru) pf (perečíslitʹ)

to deliver a recitation

Chinese:
Mandarin: 朗誦／朗诵 (zh) (lǎngsòng)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: resitere
Nynorsk: resitere, resitera
Rapa Nui: rongorongo
Russian: деклами́ровать (ru) impf (deklamírovatʹ), продеклами́ровать (ru) pf (prodeklamírovatʹ), цити́ровать (ru) impf (citírovatʹ), процити́ровать (ru) pf (procitírovatʹ)

Anagrams

cerite, receit, tierce, tiercé

Italian

Noun

recite f

plural of recita

Portuguese

Verb

recite

inflection of recitar:
1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
2. third-person singular imperative

Spanish

Verb

recite

inflection of recitar:
1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
2. third-person singular imperative