Grammatical class

Noun

récit

recital

Details

Syllables

ré-cit

Phonetics

ʁe.si

Grammatical class

Noun

Freq. (books)

1396

Freq. (movies)

4919

Freq. (news)

4727

Sentences

Son récit semble étrange.

His story sounds strange.

A1

Il vient d'écrire un récit.

He wrote a story just now.

A1

Anne fit le récit de son évasion.

Ann gave an account of how she had escaped.

A1

Son récit de l'incident concorde avec le vôtre.

Her account of the incident accords with yours.

A1

Il a du mal à écouter le récit d'un autre.

He is poor at listening to a person's story.

A2

Son récit de la collision correspond au mien.

His story of the collision agrees with mine.

A2

Le récit m'a glacé le sang.

The story turned my blood cold.

B1

Le jury n'a pas cru au récit de Dan.

The jury didn't buy Dan's story.

B1

Le récit est en accord avec les preuves.

The story is consistent with the evidence.

B1

Le récit est parcellaire.

The story is full of holes.

B2

Son récit éveilla mes soupçons.

Her story aroused my suspicion.

C2