recesso

Italian

Etymology

From Latin recessus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /reˈt͡ʃɛs.so/
• Rhymes: -ɛsso
• Hyphenation: re‧cès‧so

Noun

recesso m (plural recessi)

1. (law) withdrawal, withdrawing

   Synonym: recessione

2. (literary) recess
3. (anatomy) recess
4. (medicine) remission

Related terms

• recessione
• recessivo

Anagrams

• cessero, cesserò, scesero

Latin

Participle

recessō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of recessus

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin recessus.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁeˈsɛ.su/ [heˈsɛ.su]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁeˈsɛ.su/ [heˈsɛ.su]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ʁeˈsɛ.su/ [χeˈsɛ.su]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁeˈsɛ.so/ [heˈsɛ.so]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁɨˈsɛ.su/

• Hyphenation: re‧ces‧so

Noun

recesso m (plural recessos)

1. recess
   1. a break, pause or vacation
   2. a place of retirement or seclusion
   3. a remote place
   4. (chiefly anatomy) inset, hole, space or opening
2. (figurative, poetic) core, essence

   Synonym: âmago

Derived terms

• recesso epitimpânico
• recesso hepatorrenal
• último recesso

Adjective

recesso (feminine recessa, masculine plural recessos, feminine plural recessas)

1. hidden

   Synonyms: oculto, escondido

Further reading

• “recesso”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
• “recesso”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025