recès
French, noun/ʁə.sɛ/
recès is a French masculine noun meaning “recess” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Lieu où l’on se retire, retraite où l’on s’isole”.
What does recès mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinerecess
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Lieu où l’on se retire, retraite où l’on s’isole. 2. Acte, document, qui servait aux diètes de l'empire germanique à consigner leurs délibérations. 3. Procès-verbal des conventions passées entre deux puissances.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of recès
- recez
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce recès?
- /ʁə.sɛ/
- \ʁɛ.sɛ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to recès
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is recès in French?
recès appears about once in every 13 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).