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 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.

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 Maori: 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 Swedish: redogöra (sv), berätta (sv), uppge (sv) Ukrainian: розповіда́ти (uk) impf (rozpovidáty), розпові́сти (uk) pf (rozpovísty)

Etymology 2

From re- +‎ count.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (noun) /ˈɹiːkaʊnt/

• Audio (Southern England):

  (file)

• IPA^(key): (verb) /ɹiːˈkaʊnt/

• 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:

     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

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:

     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

Anagrams

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