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recount.

Narration, account, description, rendering.

7 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ɹɪˈkaʊnt/
  1. Narration, account, description, rendering.

Where this word comes from

From Old Northern French and Anglo-Norman recunter, variant of Old French reconter.

verb/ɹɪˈkaʊnt/
  1. To tell; narrate; to relate in detail.

    The old man recounted the tale of how he caught the big fish.
  2. To rehearse; to enumerate.

    dated
    to recount one's blessings
Where this word comes from

From Old Northern French and Anglo-Norman recunter, variant of Old French reconter.

noun/ˈɹiːkaʊnt/
  1. A counting again, as of votes.

Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Latin putus Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin putō Latin computō Anglo-Norman counterbor. Middle English counten English count English recount From re- + count.

verb/ˈɹiːkaʊnt//ɹiːˈkaʊnt/
  1. To count again.

Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Latin putus Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin putō Latin computō Anglo-Norman counterbor. Middle English counten English count English recount From re- + count.

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