Standard Lemma guide

recount

noun · verb · 8 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • /ɹɪˈkaʊnt/
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  • rhymes with -aʊnt
  • /ˈɹiːkaʊnt/
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  • /ɹiːˈkaʊnt/
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  • CMU ARPABET: R IH0 K AW1 N T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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1

noun

Meaning 1

Narration, account, description, rendering

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A counting again, as of votes.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

verb

Meaning 3

To tell; narrate; to relate in detail.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • The old man recounted the tale of how he caught the big fish.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

verb

Meaning 4

To rehearse; to enumerate.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: dated

Examples

  • to recount one's blessings

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

verb

Meaning 5

To count again.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

noun

Meaning 6

an additional (usually a second) count; especially of the votes in a close election

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: count, counting, numeration, enumeration, reckoning, tally

7

verb

Meaning 7

count again

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • We had to recount all the votes after an accusation of fraud was made

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: count, number, enumerate, numerate

8

verb

Meaning 8

narrate or give a detailed account of

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • Tell what happened
  • The father told a story to his child

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: tell, narrate, recite

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: inform

Narrower terms: relate, crack, yarn, rhapsodize, rhapsodise

History

Etymology

From Old Northern French and Anglo-Norman recunter, variant of Old French reconter.

Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Latin com- Latin putus Proto-Indo-European *-h2 Proto-Indo-European *-éh2 Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh2yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h2tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin putō Latin computō Anglo-Norman counterbor. Middle English counten English count English recount From re- + count.

Across languages

Translations

89 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Belarusian: апавяда́нне (apavjadánnje) — narration, description
  • Belarusian: раска́з (raskáz) — narration, description
  • Bulgarian: разказ (razkaz) — narration, description
  • Bulgarian: описание (opisanie) — narration, description
  • Finnish: kertomus — narration, description
  • Greek: αφήγηση (afígisi) — narration, description
  • Greek: διήγηση (diígisi) — narration, description
  • Italian: resoconto — narration, description
  • Italian: racconto — narration, description
  • Russian: переска́з (pereskáz) — narration, description
  • Russian: расска́з (rasskáz) — narration, description
  • Russian: изложе́ние (izložénije) — narration, description
  • Swedish: redogörelse — narration, description
  • Swedish: berättelse — narration, description
  • Swedish: uppgift — narration, description
  • Ukrainian: ро́зповідь (rózpovidʹ) — narration, description
  • Ukrainian: розповіда́ння (rozpovidánnja) — narration, description
  • Armenian: վերահաշվարկ (verahašvark) — counting again
  • Finnish: tarkistuslaskenta — counting again
  • Finnish: uudelleenlaskenta — counting again
  • Hungarian: újraszámlálás — counting again
  • Hungarian: újraszámolás — counting again
  • Italian: riconteggio — counting again
  • Japanese: 再集計 (saishūkei) — counting again
  • Manx: aachoontey — counting again
  • Portuguese: recontagem — counting again
  • Russian: пересчёт (peresčót) — counting again
  • Scottish Gaelic: ath-chunntadh — counting again
  • Swedish: omräkning — counting again
  • Belarusian: раска́зваць (raskázvacʹ) — to tell, narrate
  • Belarusian: расказа́ть (raskazátʹ) — to tell, narrate
  • Bulgarian: разка́звам (razkázvam) — to tell, narrate
  • Bulgarian: разка́жа (razkáža) — to tell, narrate
  • Chinese Mandarin: 述說 /述说 (shùshuō) — to tell, narrate
  • Chinese Mandarin: 敍述 (xùshù) — to tell, narrate
  • Chinese Mandarin: 叙述 (xùsù) — to tell, narrate
  • Chinese Mandarin: 詳述 /详述 (xiángshù) — to tell, narrate
  • Czech: vyprávět — to tell, narrate
  • Esperanto: rakonti — to tell, narrate
  • Finnish: kertoa — to tell, narrate
  • French: raconter — to tell, narrate
  • German: erzählen — to tell, narrate
  • German: berichten — to tell, narrate
  • Hungarian: elmesél — to tell, narrate
  • Hungarian: beszámol — to tell, narrate
  • Hungarian: elbeszél — to tell, narrate
  • Italian: raccontare — to tell, narrate
  • Italian: narrare — to tell, narrate
  • Japanese: 物語る (monogataru) — to tell, narrate
  • Japanese: 詳述する (shōjutsu suru) — to tell, narrate
  • Latin: traloquor — to tell, narrate
  • Latin: memoro — to tell, narrate
  • Māori: pūrongorongo — to tell, narrate
  • Middle English: acounten — to tell, narrate
  • Middle English: counten — to tell, narrate
  • Norman: raconter — to tell, narrate
  • Persian: بازگفتن (bâzgoftan) — to tell, narrate
  • Polish: opowiadać — to tell, narrate
  • Polish: opowiedzieć — to tell, narrate
  • Portuguese: recontar — to tell, narrate
  • Portuguese: relatar — to tell, narrate
  • Russian: расска́зывать (rasskázyvatʹ) — to tell, narrate
  • Russian: рассказа́ть (rasskazátʹ) — to tell, narrate
  • Russian: излага́ть (izlagátʹ) — to tell, narrate
  • Russian: изложи́ть (izložítʹ) — to tell, narrate
  • Russian: переска́зывать (pereskázyvatʹ) — to tell, narrate
  • Russian: пересказа́ть (pereskazátʹ) — to tell, narrate
  • Slovak: porozprávať — to tell, narrate
  • Spanish: recontar — to tell, narrate
  • Swedish: redogöra — to tell, narrate
  • Swedish: berätta — to tell, narrate
  • Swedish: uppge — to tell, narrate
  • Ukrainian: розповіда́ти (rozpovidáty) — to tell, narrate
  • Ukrainian: розпові́сти (rozpovísty) — to tell, narrate
  • Armenian: վերահաշվարկել (verahašvarkel) — to count again
  • Bulgarian: преброявам отново (prebrojavam otnovo) — to count again
  • Finnish: laskea uudestaan — to count again
  • Finnish: kertoa uudelleen — to count again
  • French: recompter — to count again
  • Hungarian: újraszámlál — to count again
  • Hungarian: újraszámol — to count again
  • Italian: riconteggiare — to count again
  • Latin: traloquor — to count again
  • Manx: aachoont — to count again
  • Manx: aachoearroo — to count again
  • Portuguese: recontar — to count again
  • Russian: пересчи́тывать (peresčítyvatʹ) — to count again
  • Russian: пересчита́ть (peresčitátʹ) — to count again
  • Swedish: räkna om — to count again