noun · verb · 8 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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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.
CMU ARPABET 2:R IY2 K AW1 N T
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
noun
Meaning 1
Narration, account, description, rendering
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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2
noun
Meaning 2
A counting again, as of votes.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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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.
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4
verb
Meaning 4
To rehearse; to enumerate.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: dated
Examples
to recount one's blessings
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5
verb
Meaning 5
To count again.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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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.
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.
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Translations
89 source translations are retained for this English entry.