English

Noun

recta

1. plural of rectum^[1]
   • 1983: John Oliver Killens, And Then We Heard the Thunder, p321

     They were scared deep in their recta, but they leaped out of the foxhole and ran to the rescue, but by the time they got there Bucket-head had already stopped one of the enemy and the rest of them headed back upstream.

References

1. ↑ The Concise Oxford English Dictionary (Eleventh Edition)

Anagrams

• caret
• cater
• crate
• react
• trace

Catalan

Adjective

recta

1. feminine of recte

Latin

Participle

rēcta

1. nominative feminine singular of rēctus
2. nominative neuter plural of rēctus
3. accusative neuter plural of rēctus
4. vocative feminine singular of rēctus
5. vocative neuter plural of rēctus

rēctā

1. ablative feminine singular of rēctus

References

• recta in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• recta in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• RECTA in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)

Portuguese

Adjective

recta f sg

1. Feminine singular of adjective recto.

Spanish

Adjective

recta f sg

1. feminine singular of recto

Noun

recta f ‎(plural rectas)

1. straight line
2. straight