recto
French, noun\ʁɛk.to\
recto is a French masculine noun meaning “recto” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Première page d’un feuillet, par opposition au verso, qui est la seconde page, celle qui se trouve au revers…”.
What does recto mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinerecto
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Première page d’un feuillet, par opposition au verso, qui est la seconde page, celle qui se trouve au revers du feuillet.
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 recto
- rectos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce recto?
- \ʁɛk.to\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to recto
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is recto in French?
recto appears 1.5 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).