recite

See also: récite, récité, and recité

English

Etymology 1

From Middle English reciten, from Old French reciter, from Latin recitare.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɹɪˈsaɪt/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -aɪt

Verb

recite (third-person singular simple present recites, present participle reciting, simple past and past participle recited)

1. (transitive) To repeat aloud (some passage, poem or other text previously memorized, or in front of one's eyes), often before an audience.

   Janice is able to recite pi to 100 decimals.

2. (transitive) To list or enumerate something.
3. (intransitive) To deliver a recitation.

Synonyms

• (repeat aloud): declaim, go through, spout
• (list or enumerate something): tabulate; see also Thesaurus:tick off

Related terms

• recit
• recitation

Translations

to recite — see say

to repeat aloud some passage, poem or other text

• Arabic: تَلَا (talā)
• Bulgarian: рецитирам (recitiram), декламирам (bg) (deklamiram)
• Catalan: recitar (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 背誦／背诵 (zh) (bèisòng)

• Czech: recitovat
• Danish: recitere (da)
• Dutch: reciteren (nl)
• Esperanto: deklami
• Finnish: lausua (fi)
• French: réciter (fr)
• Galician: recitar (gl)
• German: vortragen (de); rezitieren (de); zu Gehör bringen; (poem also:) aufsagen (de); deklamieren (de)
• Gothic: 𐌿𐍃𐍃𐌹𐌲𐌲𐍅𐌰𐌽 (ussiggwan)
• Greek: απαγγέλλω (el) (apangéllo)
• Hebrew: דִקְלֵם (he) (diqlém)
• Hungarian: felmond (hu), szaval (hu)
• Japanese: 暗唱する (ja) (あんしょうする, anshō suru), 吟ずる (ぎんずる, ginzuru)
• Korean: 부르다 (ko) (bureuda), 암송하다 (ko) (amsonghada), 읊다 (ko) (eupda), 낭독하다 (nangdokhada), 복창하다 (bokchanghada)
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: خوێندن (ckb) (xwêndin)

• Latin: recitō
• Maori: tātaku, takutaku, takitaki, whakaaraara, tohitū (without a break), taki, taki-ā-kākā (by rote, off by heart)
• Norman: r'citer
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: resitere

  Nynorsk: resitere, resitera

• Ottoman Turkish: اوقومق (okumak)
• Persian: برخواندن (fa) (barxândan)
• Polish: recytować (pl) impf, wyrecytować pf
• Portuguese: recitar (pt)
• Rapa Nui: rongorongo
• Russian: деклами́ровать (ru) impf (deklamírovatʹ), продеклами́ровать (ru) pf (prodeklamírovatʹ), цити́ровать (ru) impf (citírovatʹ), процити́ровать (ru) pf (procitírovatʹ)
• Sanskrit: पठति (sa) (paṭhati)
• Spanish: recitar (es), declamar (es)
• Thai: ท่อง (th) (tɔ̂ng)
• Welsh: adrodd (cy)

to list or enumerate something

• Bulgarian: изброявам (bg) (izbrojavam)
• Finnish: luetella (fi)
• Greek: απαριθμώ (el) (aparithmó)
• Hungarian: felsorol (hu)
• Polish: recytować (pl) impf, wyrecytować pf
• Russian: перечисля́ть (ru) impf (perečisljátʹ), перечи́слить (ru) pf (perečíslitʹ)

to deliver a recitation

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 朗誦／朗诵 (zh) (lǎngsòng)

• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: resitere

  Nynorsk: resitere, resitera

• Rapa Nui: rongorongo
• Russian: деклами́ровать (ru) impf (deklamírovatʹ), продеклами́ровать (ru) pf (prodeklamírovatʹ), цити́ровать (ru) impf (citírovatʹ), процити́ровать (ru) pf (procitírovatʹ)

Etymology 2

From re- +‎ cite.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌɹiˈsaɪt/

Verb

recite (third-person singular simple present recites, present participle reciting, simple past and past participle recited)

2. Alternative spelling of re-cite (which is the preferred spelling, to avoid needless homography).

Anagrams

• cerite, receit, tierce, tiercé

Italian

Noun

recite f

1. plural of recita

Portuguese

Verb

recite

1. inflection of recitar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Spanish

Verb

recite

1. inflection of recitar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative