recesso
Italian
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /reˈt͡ʃɛs.so/
- Rhymes: -ɛsso
- Hyphenation: re‧cès‧so
Noun
recesso m (plural recessi)
- (law) withdrawal, withdrawing
- Synonym: recessione
- (literary) recess
- (anatomy) recess
- (medicine) remission
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Latin
Participle
recessō
- dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of recessus
Portuguese
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ʁeˈsɛ.su/ [heˈsɛ.su]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ʁeˈsɛ.su/ [χeˈsɛ.su]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ʁeˈsɛ.so/ [heˈsɛ.so]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ʁɨˈsɛ.su/
- Hyphenation: re‧ces‧so
Noun
recesso m (plural recessos)
- recess
- a break, pause or vacation
- a place of retirement or seclusion
- a remote place
- (chiefly anatomy) inset, hole, space or opening
- (figurative, poetic) core, essence
- Synonym: âmago
Derived terms
- recesso epitimpânico
- recesso hepatorrenal
- último recesso
Adjective
recesso (feminine recessa, masculine plural recessos, feminine plural recessas)
Further reading
- “recesso”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
- “recesso”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025