recto

Pronunciation: /ˈɹɛk.toʊ/

The English word “recto” has 3 meanings listed here.

noun

The front side of a flat object which is to be examined visually, as for reading, such as a sheet, leaf, coin or medal.
The right-hand page of a book of a script which reads from left to right, usually having an odd page number.
A writ of right.

Borrowed from Latin rēctō foliō (“on the right leaf, on the right page”), the ablative case of the Latin rēctus (“right”). Compare versus (“turned”).

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