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)
- Narration, account, description, rendering
Translations
narration, description
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Verb
recount (third-person singular simple present recounts, present participle recounting, simple past and past participle recounted)
- To tell; narrate; to relate in detail
- The old man recounted the tale of how he caught the big fish.
- (dated) To rehearse; to enumerate.
- to recount one's blessings
Translations
to tell, narrate
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Etymology 2
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (noun) /ˈɹiːkaʊnt/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - IPA(key): (verb) /ɹiːˈkaʊnt/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Noun
recount (plural recounts)
- A counting again, as of votes.
Translations
counting again
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Verb
recount (third-person singular simple present recounts, present participle recounting, simple past and past participle recounted)
- To count again.
Translations
to count again
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