rectum

English

Etymology

Borrowed from New Latin rectum, clipping of Latin rectum intestinum (literally “the straight intestine”), rectum, neuter of rectus (“straight”). See right.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɹɛktəm/, /ˈɹɛkˌtʌm/

• Audio (UK):

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• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -ɛktəm

Noun

rectum (plural recta or rectums)

1. (anatomy) The terminal part of the large intestine through which feces pass after exiting the colon, but before leaving the body through the anus.

Derived terms

• per rectum
• vas rectum
• rectal

Translations

terminal part of the large intestine

• Afrikaans: rektum (af)
• Arabic: مُسْتَقِيم m (mustaqīm)

  Egyptian Arabic: مستقيم m (mustaqim)

• Armenian: ուղիղ աղիք (uġiġ aġikʻ), վերջնաղիք (hy) (verǰnaġikʻ)
• Bulgarian: право черво n (pravo červo)
• Catalan: recte (ca) m
• Cherokee: (his/her/its) ᎤᎦᏎᏂ (ugaseni)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 直腸／直肠 (zh) (zhícháng)

• Czech: konečník (cs) m
• Danish: endetarm (da) c
• Dutch: endeldarm (nl) m
• Estonian: pärasool
• Finnish: peräsuoli (fi)
• French: rectum (fr) m
• Galician: recto (gl) m, cenzo m, curso (gl) m
• Georgian: სწორი ნაწლავი (sc̣ori nac̣lavi)
• German: Rektum (de) n, Mastdarm (de) m, Enddarm (de) m
• Greek: ορθό (el) n (orthó)

  Ancient: πρωκτός m (prōktós)

• Hebrew: כרכשת (he) f (kharkéshet)
• Hindi: मलाशय (hi) (malāśay)
• Hungarian: végbél (hu)
• Ingrian: oikiasooli
• Irish: athán m, driseachán m, reicteam m
• Italian: retto (it) m
• Japanese: 直腸 (ja) (ちょくちょう, chokuchō)
• Korean: 직장 (ko) (jikjang)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: tortorîk (ku) f

• Latin: ānus (la) m
• Lule Sami: luogge
• Macedonian: ректум m (rektum), чмарно црево m (čmarno crevo)
• Malayalam: മലാശയം (malāśayaṁ)
• Maltese: rektum m, il-musrana dritta f
• Maori: tōngātiko
• Navajo: ajilchiiʼ
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: endetarm m

  Nynorsk: endetarm m

• Old English: earsþȳrel n
• Polish: odbytnica (pl) f
• Portuguese: reto (pt) m
• Quechua: uquti
• Russian: пряма́я кишка́ (ru) f (prjamája kišká), ре́ктум m (rɛ́ktum)
• Sanskrit: गुद (sa) n (guda), पायु (sa) m (pāyu), भसद् (sa) f (bhasad), लुब्धक (sa) m (lubdhaka), सीध्र (sa) n (sīdhra)
• Scottish Gaelic: tòn f, màs m
• Slovak: konečník (sk) m
• Spanish: recto (es) m
• Swedish: ändtarm (sv) c, rektum (sv) n, (vulgar) pastejkök n
• Tagalog: tumbong
• Turkish: rektum (tr)
• Ukrainian: пряма́ кишка́ f (prjamá kyšká)
• Vietnamese: ruột thẳng, trực tràng (vi)
• Welsh: rhefr m

See also

• anus
• colon
• latus rectum

See also

• nomen rectum (probably etymologically unrelated)

Further reading

• rectum on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• “rectum”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• “rectum”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
• “rectum”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin rectum (intestīnum) (“straight intestine”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʁɛk.tɔm/

• Audio:

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Noun

rectum m (plural rectums)

1. (anatomy) rectum

Further reading

• “rectum”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈreːk.tum/, [ˈreːkt̪ʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈrek.tum/, [ˈrɛkt̪um]

Noun

rēctum n (genitive rēctī); second declension

1. good, uprightness, rectitude, virtue

   Synonyms: bonum, virtūs

   Antonyms: vitium, culpa, malum, iniūria, noxa, crīmen, peccātum, dēlictum, error

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	rēctum	rēcta
Genitive	rēctī	rēctōrum
Dative	rēctō	rēctīs
Accusative	rēctum	rēcta
Ablative	rēctō	rēctīs
Vocative	rēctum	rēcta

Verb

rēctum

1. accusative supine of regō

Participle

rēctum

1. inflection of rēctus:
   1. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular
   2. accusative masculine singular

References

• “rectum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• rectum in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• rectum in Enrico Olivetti, editor (2003-2024), Dizionario Latino, Olivetti Media Communication
• rectum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • (ambiguous) in a straight line: recta (regione, via); in directum
    
  • (ambiguous) you were right in...; you did right to..: recte, bene fecisti quod...
    
  • (ambiguous) a good conscience: conscientia recta, recte facti (factorum), virtutis, bene actae vitae, rectae voluntatis
    
  • (ambiguous) to congratulate oneself on one's clear conscience: conscientia recte factorum erigi
    
  • (ambiguous) quite rightly: et recte (iure, merito)
    
  • (ambiguous) quite rightly: et recte (iure) quidem
    
  • (ambiguous) quite rightly: recte, iure id quidem