noun · verb · 5 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Pronunciation
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UK:rĕ-kə-lĕktʹ
UK:/ɹɛkəˈlɛkt/
US:rĕ-kə-lĕktʹ
US:/ɹɛkəˈlɛkt/
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rhymes with -ɛkt
UK:rē-kə-lĕktʹ
UK:/ɹiːkəˈlɛkt/
US:rē-kə-lĕktʹ
US:/ɹiːkəˈlɛkt/
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CMU ARPABET:R EH2 K AH0 L EH1 K T
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
CMU ARPABET 2:R IY2 K AH0 L EH1 K T
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
noun
Meaning 1
A member of a French reform branch of the Order of Friars Minor, commonly known as the Franciscans.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
verb
Meaning 2
To recall; to collect one's thoughts again, especially about past events.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
I remember the concert clearly, but I can't recollect why I had decided to go there.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
verb
Meaning 3
To collect (things) together again.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete, transitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
4
verb
Meaning 4
To compose oneself.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Borrowed from Medieval Latin recollectus (“remembered, composed”), from Latin recolligo (“gather again, recover”).
Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- English collect English recollect From re- + collect.
Across languages
Translations
55 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Catalan:
recol·lecte
— a member of a French reform branch of the Order of Friars Minor, commonly known as the Franciscans
French:
récollet
— a member of a French reform branch of the Order of Friars Minor, commonly known as the Franciscans
Arabic:
تَذَكَّرَ
(taḏakkara)
— to recall past events
Bulgarian:
спомням си
(spomnjam si)
— to recall past events
Catalan:
recordar
— to recall past events
Catalan:
rememorar
— to recall past events
Cherokee:
ᎠᏅᏓᏗᏍᏗ
(anvdadisdi)
— to recall past events
Chinese Mandarin:
回憶 /回忆
(huíyì)
— to recall past events
Chinese Mandarin:
追憶 /追忆
(zhuīyì)
— to recall past events
Chinese Mandarin:
想起
(xiǎngqǐ)
— to recall past events
Chinese Mandarin:
回想
(huíxiǎng)
— to recall past events
Chinese Mandarin:
憶起 /忆起
(yìqǐ)
— to recall past events
Danish:
erindre
— to recall past events
Dutch:
zich herinneren
— to recall past events
Esperanto:
rememori
— to recall past events
Finnish:
muistella
— to recall past events
Finnish:
palauttaa mieleensä
— to recall past events
French:
se souvenir
— to recall past events
French:
se rappeler
— to recall past events
Galician:
amentar
— to recall past events
Galician:
lembrar
— to recall past events
German:
sich erinnern
— to recall past events
German:
sich entsinnen
— to recall past events
German:
gedenken
— to recall past events
Gothic:
𐌲𐌰𐌼𐌿𐌽𐌰𐌽
(gamunan)
— to recall past events
Greek:
αναπολώ
(anapoló)
— to recall past events
Ancient Greek:
μιμνήσκομαι
(mimnḗskomai)
— to recall past events
Ancient Greek:
μνημονεύω
(mnēmoneúō)
— to recall past events
Hungarian:
emlékezik
— to recall past events
Hungarian:
emlékszik
— to recall past events
Japanese:
思い出す
(omoidasu)
— to recall past events
Japanese:
思い起す
(omoiokosu)
— to recall past events
Japanese:
想起する
(sōki suru)
— to recall past events
Latin:
meminī
— to recall past events
Latin:
recordor
— to recall past events
Latin:
teneo
— to recall past events
Latin:
reminiscor
— to recall past events
Māori:
mahara
— to recall past events
Polish:
wspominać
— to recall past events
Polish:
wspomnieć
— to recall past events
Polish:
przypominać sobie
— to recall past events
Polish:
przypomnieć sobie
— to recall past events
Portuguese:
recordar
— to recall past events
Portuguese:
lembrar
— to recall past events
Russian:
вспомина́ть
(vspominátʹ)
— to recall past events
Russian:
вспо́мнить
(vspómnitʹ)
— to recall past events
Sanskrit:
स्मरति
(smárati)
— to recall past events
Scottish Gaelic:
cuimhnich
— to recall past events
Scottish Gaelic:
meòraich
— to recall past events
Scottish Gaelic:
bi cuimhne aig
— to recall past events
Spanish:
rebobinar
— to recall past events
Swedish:
erinra sig
— to recall past events
Swedish:
minnas
— to recall past events
Swedish:
dra sig till minnes
— to recall past events