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recit

recit noun: a short story.

Noun

recit (plural recits)

  1. A short story.
    • […] of course, far from new in 1939: it is a staple of the French recit (from Manon Lescaut via Adolphe, Carmen, Sylvie, up to and beyond Gide's own four recits), in which a young man confesses how he loved, misloved, was misloved and lost.2002, Charles Burdett, Derek Duncan, Cultural Encounters
  2. A narration.
  3. A recitative.

Forms of recit

pluralrecits

Origin of recit

Borrowed from French récit.

Questions about recit

What does recit mean?
Recit means a short story.
What part of speech is recit?
Recit is a noun.
What is the plural of recit?
The plural of recit is recits.

Words near recit in the dictionary

  1. recision
  2. recisions
  3. recission
  4. recissions
  5. recissory
  6. recit
  7. recitable
  8. recital
  9. recitalist
  10. recitalists
  11. recitals

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