rectitud

Catalan

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin rectitūdō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern, Balearic, Central) [rək.tiˈtut]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia, Northwestern) [rek.tiˈtut]

Noun

rectitud f (plural rectituds)

1. rectitude

Related terms

• recte

Further reading

• “rectitud”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “rectitud”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
• “rectitud” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “rectitud”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)

Spanish

Etymology

Derived from Latin rectitūdō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /reɡtiˈtud/ [reɣ̞.t̪iˈt̪uð̞]
• Rhymes: -ud
• Syllabification: rec‧ti‧tud

Noun

rectitud f (plural rectitudes)

1. rectitude
2. righteousness

   Synonym: justicia

Related terms

• recto

Further reading

• “rectitud”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 24th edition, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 30 October 2026