recite

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• /ɹɪˈsaɪt/
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• /ˌɹiˈsaɪt/
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From Middle English reciten, from Old French reciter, from Latin recitō.

Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- English cite English recite From re- + cite.

76 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: تَلَا (talā) — to repeat aloud some passage, poem or other text
• Bulgarian: рецити́рам (recitíram) — to repeat aloud some passage, poem or other text
• Bulgarian: деклами́рам (deklamíram) — to repeat aloud some passage, poem or other text
• Catalan: recitar — to repeat aloud some passage, poem or other text
• Chinese Mandarin: 背誦 /背诵 (bèisòng) — to repeat aloud some passage, poem or other text
• Czech: recitovat — to repeat aloud some passage, poem or other text
• Danish: recitere — to repeat aloud some passage, poem or other text
• Dutch: reciteren — to repeat aloud some passage, poem or other text
• Esperanto: reciti — to repeat aloud some passage, poem or other text
• Esperanto: deklami — to repeat aloud some passage, poem or other text
• Finnish: lausua — to repeat aloud some passage, poem or other text
• French: réciter — to repeat aloud some passage, poem or other text
• Galician: recitar — to repeat aloud some passage, poem or other text
• German: vortragen — to repeat aloud some passage, poem or other text
• German: rezitieren — to repeat aloud some passage, poem or other text
• German: zu Gehör bringen — to repeat aloud some passage, poem or other text
• German: aufsagen — to repeat aloud some passage, poem or other text
• German: deklamieren — to repeat aloud some passage, poem or other text
• Gothic: 𐌿𐍃𐍃𐌹𐌲𐌲𐍅𐌰𐌽 (ussiggwan) — to repeat aloud some passage, poem or other text
• Greek: απαγγέλλω (apangéllo) — to repeat aloud some passage, poem or other text
• Hebrew: דִקְלֵם (diklém) — to repeat aloud some passage, poem or other text
• Hungarian: felmond — to repeat aloud some passage, poem or other text
• Hungarian: szaval — to repeat aloud some passage, poem or other text
• Indonesian: hafal — to repeat aloud some passage, poem or other text
• Japanese: 暗唱する (anshō suru) — to repeat aloud some passage, poem or other text
• Japanese: 吟ずる (ginzuru) — to repeat aloud some passage, poem or other text
• Korean: 부르다 (bureuda) — to repeat aloud some passage, poem or other text
• Korean: 암송하다 (amsonghada) — to repeat aloud some passage, poem or other text
• Korean: 읊다 (eupda) — to repeat aloud some passage, poem or other text
• Korean: 낭독하다 (nangdokhada) — to repeat aloud some passage, poem or other text
• Korean: 복창하다 (bokchanghada) — to repeat aloud some passage, poem or other text
• Central Kurdish: خوێندن (xwêndin) — to repeat aloud some passage, poem or other text
• Latin: recitō — to repeat aloud some passage, poem or other text
• Māori: tātaku — to repeat aloud some passage, poem or other text
• Māori: takutaku — to repeat aloud some passage, poem or other text
• Māori: takitaki — to repeat aloud some passage, poem or other text
• Māori: whakaaraara — to repeat aloud some passage, poem or other text
• Māori: tohitū — to repeat aloud some passage, poem or other text
• Māori: taki — to repeat aloud some passage, poem or other text
• Māori: taki-ā-kākā — to repeat aloud some passage, poem or other text
• Norman: r'citer — to repeat aloud some passage, poem or other text
• Norwegian Bokmål: resitere — to repeat aloud some passage, poem or other text
• Norwegian Nynorsk: resitere, resitera — to repeat aloud some passage, poem or other text
• Iranian Persian: بَرْخوانْدَن (barxândan) — to repeat aloud some passage, poem or other text
• Polish: recytować — to repeat aloud some passage, poem or other text
• Polish: wyrecytować — to repeat aloud some passage, poem or other text
• Portuguese: recitar — to repeat aloud some passage, poem or other text
• Rapa Nui: rongorongo — to repeat aloud some passage, poem or other text
• Russian: деклами́ровать (deklamírovatʹ) — to repeat aloud some passage, poem or other text
• Russian: продеклами́ровать (prodeklamírovatʹ) — to repeat aloud some passage, poem or other text
• Russian: цити́ровать (citírovatʹ) — to repeat aloud some passage, poem or other text
• Russian: процити́ровать (procitírovatʹ) — to repeat aloud some passage, poem or other text
• Sanskrit: पठति (paṭhati) — to repeat aloud some passage, poem or other text
• Spanish: recitar — to repeat aloud some passage, poem or other text
• Spanish: declamar — to repeat aloud some passage, poem or other text
• Tamil: ஓது (ōtu) — to repeat aloud some passage, poem or other text
• Thai: ท่อง (tɔ̂ng) — to repeat aloud some passage, poem or other text
• Ottoman Turkish: اوقومق (okumak) — to repeat aloud some passage, poem or other text
• Welsh: adrodd — to repeat aloud some passage, poem or other text
• Bulgarian: изброя́вам (izbrojávam) — to list or enumerate something
• Bulgarian: изброя́ (izbrojá) — to list or enumerate something
• Finnish: luetella — to list or enumerate something
• Greek: απαριθμώ (aparithmó) — to list or enumerate something
• Hungarian: felsorol — to list or enumerate something
• Polish: recytować — to list or enumerate something
• Polish: wyrecytować — to list or enumerate something
• Russian: перечисля́ть (perečisljátʹ) — to list or enumerate something
• Russian: перечи́слить (perečíslitʹ) — to list or enumerate something
• Chinese Mandarin: 朗誦 /朗诵 (lǎngsòng) — to deliver a recitation
• Norwegian Bokmål: resitere — to deliver a recitation
• Norwegian Nynorsk: resitere, resitera — to deliver a recitation
• Rapa Nui: rongorongo — to deliver a recitation
• Russian: деклами́ровать (deklamírovatʹ) — to deliver a recitation
• Russian: продеклами́ровать (prodeklamírovatʹ) — to deliver a recitation
• Russian: цити́ровать (citírovatʹ) — to deliver a recitation
• Russian: процити́ровать (procitírovatʹ) — to deliver a recitation