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retto.

straight

5 characters2 syllables approx.Italiano language

Meaning & usage

adj/ˈrɛt.to/

  1. straight

    literally · obsolete

  2. honest, upright

    archaic · figuratively

  3. righteous

    archaic · figuratively

  4. right (of an angle); straight (of a line)

  5. rectus

  6. direct (of a case)

Where this word comes from

From Latin rēctus, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵtós (“straightened, right”).

noun/ˈrɛt.to/

  1. rectum

    masculine
Where this word comes from

Ellipsis of intestino retto, from Latin rēctum intestīnum (literally “straight intestine”).

verb/ˈrɛt.to/

  1. past participle of reggere

    form-of · participle · past
Where this word comes from

From Latin rēctus, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵtós (“straightened, right”).

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