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recits

recits is the plural of recit.

Meaning of recit

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.

Questions about recits

What is recits the plural of?
Recits is the plural of recit.

Words near recits in the dictionary

  1. reciteth
  2. reciting
  3. reciting note
  4. reciting notes
  5. recitings
  6. recits
  7. recivilise
  8. recivilised
  9. recivilises
  10. recivilising
  11. recivilize

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