"recto" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈɹɛk.toʊ/ Forms: rectos [plural]
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”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|la|rēctō}} Latin rēctō Head templates: {{en-noun}} recto (plural rectos)
  1. The front side of a flat object which is to be examined visually, as for reading, such as a sheet, leaf, coin or medal.
    Sense id: en-recto-en-noun-kELTVIkR
  2. The front side of a flat object which is to be examined visually, as for reading, such as a sheet, leaf, coin or medal.
    (printing) The right-hand page of a book of a script which reads from left to right, usually having an odd page number.
    Categories (topical): Printing Translations (The right-hand page of a book): дясна страница (djasna stranica) (Bulgarian), recto [masculine] (French), δεξιά σελίδα (dexiá selída) [feminine] (Greek), averso (Ido), правая страни́ца (pravaja straníca) [feminine] (Russian), лицевая сторона́ (licevaja storoná) [feminine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-recto-en-noun-ow6Lyfvg Topics: media, printing, publishing Disambiguation of 'The right-hand page of a book': 0 95 5
  3. (law) A writ of right. Categories (topical): Law, Directives
    Sense id: en-recto-en-noun-1d5Zro82 Disambiguation of Directives: 22 22 57 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 26 26 48 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 17 17 65 Topics: law
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms (front side of a flat object): front Related terms: recto- Translations (The front side of a flat object): líc (Czech), recto [masculine] (French), anverso [masculine] (Spanish)
Disambiguation of 'front side of a flat object': 44 44 13 Disambiguation of 'The front side of a flat object': 44 44 11

Inflected forms

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