recto
Plural: rectos
Noun
- The right-hand page of an open book; the front of a leaf.
- right-hand page
- The front side of a flat object which is to be examined visually, as for reading, such as a sheet, leaf, coin or medal.
- The front side of a flat object which is to be examined visually, as for reading, such as a sheet, leaf, coin or medal.
- The right-hand page of a book of a script which reads from left to right, usually having an odd page number.
- A writ of right.
Examples
- He noticed a rare word printed on the recto of an old dictionary page.
Origin / 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”).
Synonyms
Scrabble Score: 7
recto: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordrecto: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
recto: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 8
recto: valid Words With Friends Word