Meanings
nounrecit (plural recits)
plural recits
- A short story.
[…] of course, far from new in 1939: it is a staple of the French recit (from Manon Lescaut via Adolphe, Carmen, Sylvie, up to and beyond Gide's own four recits), in which a young man confesses how he loved, misloved, was misloved and lost.
2002, Charles Burdett, Derek Duncan, Cultural Encounters - A narration.
- entertainmentA recitative.
Origin
- Frenchrécit
- Englishrecit
Borrowed from French récit.
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APA
recit. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/recit
MLA
“recit.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/recit. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “recit,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/recit.
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