recount

English

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɹɪˈkaʊnt/

• Audio (Southern England):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -aʊnt

Noun

recount (plural recounts)

1. Narration, account, description, rendering

Translations

narration, description

• Belarusian: апавяда́нне n (apavjadánnje), раска́з m (raskáz)
• Bulgarian: разказ (bg) m (razkaz), описание (bg) n (opisanie)
• Finnish: kertomus (fi) sg
• Greek: αφήγηση (el) f (afígisi), διήγηση (el) f (diígisi)
• Italian: resoconto (it) m, racconto (it) m
• Russian: переска́з (ru) m (pereskáz), расска́з (ru) m (rasskáz), изложе́ние (ru) n (izložénije)
• Swedish: redogörelse (sv) c, berättelse (sv) c, uppgift (sv) c
• Ukrainian: ро́зповідь f (rózpovidʹ), розповіда́ння n (rozpovidánnja)

Verb

recount (third-person singular simple present recounts, present participle recounting, simple past and past participle recounted)

1. To tell; narrate; to relate in detail.

   The old man recounted the tale of how he caught the big fish.

   • 2014, Sherry Thomas, My Beautiful Enemy‎^[1] (Romance), Headline Publishing Group, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 271:

     As they undressed and lay down, she asked about his leg, which had hurt for two days while he was crossing the Indian Ocean but not since. He asked about the treasure; she recounted the trip to Ning-hsia Province.

2. (dated) To rehearse; to enumerate.

   to recount one's blessings

Translations

to tell, narrate

• Belarusian: раска́зваць impf (raskázvacʹ), расказа́ть pf (raskazátʹ)
• Bulgarian: разка́звам (bg) impf (razkázvam), разка́жа pf (razkáža)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 述說 / 述说 (zh) (shùshuō), 敍述 (zh) (xùshù), 叙述 (zh) (xùsù), 詳述 / 详述 (zh) (xiángshù)

• Czech: vyprávět (cs) impf
• Esperanto: rakonti
• Finnish: kertoa (fi)
• French: raconter (fr)
• German: erzählen (de), berichten (de)
• Hungarian: elmesél (hu), beszámol (hu), elbeszél (hu)
• Italian: raccontare (it), narrare (it)
• Japanese: 物語る (ja) (ものがたる, monogataru), 詳述する (ja) (しょうじゅつする, shōjutsu suru)
• Latin: traloquor, memoro
• Māori: pūrongorongo
• Middle English: acounten, counten
• Norman: raconter
• Persian: بازگفتن (fa) (bâzgoftan)
• Polish: opowiadać (pl) impf, opowiedzieć (pl) pf
• Portuguese: recontar (pt), relatar (pt)
• Russian: расска́зывать (ru) impf (rasskázyvatʹ), рассказа́ть (ru) pf (rasskazátʹ), излага́ть (ru) impf (izlagátʹ), изложи́ть (ru) pf (izložítʹ), переска́зывать (ru) impf (pereskázyvatʹ), пересказа́ть (ru) pf (pereskazátʹ)
• Slovak: porozprávať
• Spanish: recontar (es)
• Swedish: redogöra (sv), berätta (sv), uppge (sv)
• Ukrainian: розповіда́ти (uk) impf (rozpovidáty), розпові́сти (uk) pf (rozpovísty)

Etymology 2

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 com-

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.

Pronunciation 1

• IPA^(key): /ˈɹiːkaʊnt/

• Audio (Southern England):

  (file)

Noun

recount (plural recounts)

1. A counting again, as of votes.
   • 2020 November 11, Veronica Stracqualursi, “Georgia to conduct full by-hand count of presidential race ballots, secretary of state says”, in CNN‎^[2], archived from the original on 5 March 2021:

     The Georgia Republican Party and US Rep. Doug Collins, a Georgia Republican who’s leading the Trump campaign’s recount efforts in the state, on Tuesday requested a pre-certification “manual hand recount of every ballot cast within the State of Georgia” for president.

Translations

counting again

• Armenian: վերահաշվարկ (hy) (verahašvark)
• Finnish: tarkistuslaskenta (fi), uudelleenlaskenta
• Hungarian: újraszámlálás (hu), újraszámolás
• Italian: riconteggio
• Japanese: 再集計 (さいしゅうけい, saishūkei)
• Manx: aachoontey m
• Portuguese: recontagem f
• Russian: пересчёт (ru) m (peresčót)
• Scottish Gaelic: ath-chunntadh m
• Swedish: omräkning (sv) c

Pronunciation 2

• IPA^(key): /ɹiːˈkaʊnt/

• Audio (Southern England):

  (file)

Verb

recount (third-person singular simple present recounts, present participle recounting, simple past and past participle recounted)

1. To count again.
   • 2020 November 11, Veronica Stracqualursi, “Georgia to conduct full by-hand count of presidential race ballots, secretary of state says”, in CNN‎^[3], archived from the original on 5 March 2021:

     Georgia’s secretary of state announced Wednesday that the state will conduct an audit of the 2020 presidential race, recounting by hand the millions of ballots cast in the state, where President-elect Joe Biden is leading.

Translations

to count again

• Armenian: վերահաշվարկել (hy) (verahašvarkel)
• Bulgarian: преброявам отново (prebrojavam otnovo)
• Finnish: laskea uudestaan, kertoa uudelleen
• French: recompter (fr)
• Hungarian: újraszámlál, újraszámol (hu)
• Italian: riconteggiare
• Latin: traloquor
• Manx: aachoont, aachoearroo m
• Portuguese: recontar (pt)
• Russian: пересчи́тывать (ru) impf (peresčítyvatʹ), пересчита́ть (ru) pf (peresčitátʹ)
• Swedish: räkna om

Derived terms

• misrecount
• recountable
• recountal
• recounter
• recountless
• recountment
• unrecounted

Anagrams

• Counter, Cureton, Cutrone, cornute, counter, counter-, countre, trounce