recent

See also: récent and Recent

English

Etymology

Borrowed from LatinCategory:English terms borrowed from Latin#RECENTCategory:English terms derived from Latin#RECENT recēns (genitive recentis).

Pronunciation

Adjective

recent (comparative more recent, superlative most recent)Category:English lemmas#RECENTCategory:English adjectives#RECENTCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#RECENTCategory:Pages with entries#RECENTCategory:Pages with 4 entries#RECENT

  1. Having happened a short while ago.
    Synonym: (rare, obsolete) nudiustertian
    • 2013 May-June, Katie L. Burke, “In the News”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 3, archived from the original on 22 February 2016, page 193:
      Bats host many high-profile viruses that can infect humans, including severe acute respiratory syndrome and Ebola. A recent study explored the ecological variables that may contribute to bats’ propensity to harbor such zoonotic diseases by comparing them with another order of common reservoir hosts: rodents.
      Category:English terms with quotations#RECENT
  2. Up-to-date; not old-fashioned or dated.
  3. Having done something a short while ago that distinguishes them as what they are called.
    The cause has several hundred recent donors.Category:English terms with usage examples#RECENT
    I met three recent graduates at the conference.Category:English terms with usage examples#RECENT
  4. (sciencesCategory:en:Sciences#RECENT) Particularly in geology, palaeontology, and astronomy: having occurred a relatively short time ago, but still potentially thousands or even millions of years ago.

Derived terms

Translations

Noun

recent (plural recents)Category:English lemmas#RECENTCategory:English nouns#RECENTCategory:English countable nouns#RECENTCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#RECENTCategory:Pages with entries#RECENTCategory:Pages with 4 entries#RECENT

  1. (computingCategory:en:Computing#RECENT, graphical user interfaceCategory:en:Graphical user interface#RECENT) A recently viewed or accessed item.

Anagrams

Category:en:Time#RECENT

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from LatinCategory:Catalan terms borrowed from Latin#RECENTCategory:Catalan terms derived from Latin#RECENT recentem. First attested in 1653.[1] See also rentar.

Pronunciation

Adjective

recent m or f (masculine and feminine plural recents)Category:Catalan lemmas#RECENTCategory:Catalan adjectives#RECENTCategory:Catalan epicene adjectives#RECENTCategory:Catalan entries with incorrect language header#RECENTCategory:Pages with entries#RECENTCategory:Pages with 4 entries#RECENT

  1. recent

Derived terms

References

  1. recent”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026

Further reading

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from FrenchCategory:Dutch terms borrowed from French#RECENTCategory:Dutch terms derived from French#RECENT récent, from Middle FrenchCategory:Dutch terms derived from Middle French#RECENT [Term?]Category:Middle French term requests#RECENT, from LatinCategory:Dutch terms derived from Latin#RECENT recēns.

Pronunciation

Adjective

recent (comparative recenter, superlative recentst)Category:Dutch lemmas#RECENTCategory:Dutch adjectives#RECENTCategory:Dutch entries with incorrect language header#RECENTCategory:Pages with entries#RECENTCategory:Pages with 4 entries#RECENT

  1. recent

Declension

Declension of recent
uninflected recent
inflected recente
comparative recenter
positive comparative superlative
predicative/adverbial recentrecenterhet recentst
het recentste
indefinite m./f. sing. recenterecentererecentste
n. sing. recentrecenterrecentste
plural recenterecentererecentste
definite recenterecentererecentste
partitive recentsrecenters

Derived terms

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from FrenchCategory:Romanian terms borrowed from French#RECENTCategory:Romanian terms derived from French#RECENT récent, from LatinCategory:Romanian terms derived from Latin#RECENT recēns. Doublet of receCategory:Romanian doublets#RECENT, which was inherited.

Pronunciation

Adjective

recent m or n (feminine singular recentă, masculine plural recenți, feminine/neuter plural recente)Category:Romanian lemmas#RECENTCategory:Romanian adjectives#RECENTCategory:Romanian entries with incorrect language header#RECENTCategory:Pages with entries#RECENTCategory:Pages with 4 entries#RECENT

  1. recent

Declension

Declension of recent
singular plural
masculine neuter feminine masculine neuter feminine
nominative-
accusative
indefinite recent recentă recenți recente
definite recentul recenta recenții recentele
genitive-
dative
indefinite recent recente recenți recente
definite recentului recentei recenților recentelor
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