recto

Pronunciation: /ˈɹɛk.toʊ/

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun right-hand page

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”).

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Semantic network

Broader (hypernyms)
page
Opposite (antonyms)
verso

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