recta
English
Noun
recta
- plural of rectum[1]
- 1983: John Oliver Killens, And Then We Heard the Thunder, p321
- They were scared deep in their recta, but they leaped out of the foxhole and ran to the rescue, but by the time they got there Bucket-head had already stopped one of the enemy and the rest of them headed back upstream.
- 1983: John Oliver Killens, And Then We Heard the Thunder, p321
References
- The Concise Oxford English Dictionary (Eleventh Edition)
Anagrams
- Carte, Cater, Trace, acter, caret, carte, cater, crate, creat, react, reäct, trace
Asturian
Adjective
recta
- feminine singular of rectu
Catalan
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Central) IPA(key): /ˈrɛk.tə/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /ˈrɛk.ta/
Adjective
recta
- feminine singular of recte
Latin
Etymology 1
From the feminine ablative singular of rēctus.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈreːk.taː/, [ˈreːkt̪äː]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈrek.ta/, [ˈrɛkt̪ä]
Adverb
rēctā (not comparable)
- directly, straightforward
Etymology 2
See rēctus.
Pronunciation 1
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈreːk.taː/, [ˈreːkt̪äː]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈrek.ta/, [ˈrɛkt̪ä]
Participle
rēcta
- inflection of rēctus:
- nominative/vocative feminine singular
- nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural
Pronunciation 2
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈreːk.ta/, [ˈreːkt̪ä]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈrek.ta/, [ˈrɛkt̪ä]
Participle
rēctā
- ablative feminine singular of rēctus
References
- “recta”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “recta”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- recta in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
Portuguese
Adjective
recta
- feminine singular of recto
Noun
recta f (plural rectas)
- Superseded spelling of reta. (Superseded in Brazil by the 1943 spelling reform and by the Portuguese Language Orthographic Agreement of 1990 elsewhere. Still used in countries where the agreement hasn’t come into effect and as an alternative spelling in Portugal.)
Spanish
Noun
recta f (plural rectas)
- straight line
- straight
Derived terms
- recta final
Adjective
recta
- feminine singular of recto
Further reading
- “recto”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014