record

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English

Etymology 1

From Middle English recorde, borrowed from Old French record, from recorder. See record (verb).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: rĕkʹôrd, IPA^(key): /ˈɹɛk.ɔːd/
• (General American) enPR: rĕkʹərd, rĕkʹôrd, IPA^(key): /ˈɹɛk.ɚd/, /ˈɹɛk.ɔɹd/
• Rhymes: -ɛkɔː(ɹ)d, -ɛkə(ɹ)d
• Hyphenation: rec‧ord

Noun

record (plural records)

1. An item of information put into a temporary or permanent physical medium.
2. Any instance of a physical medium on which information was put for the purpose of preserving it and making it available for future reference.

   Synonym: log

3. Ellipsis of phonograph record: a disc, usually made from vinyl, on which sound is recorded and may be replayed on a phonograph.

   Synonyms: disc, phonograph record, vinyl
4. (computing) A set of data relating to a single individual or item.

5. (programming) A data structure similar to a struct, in some programming languages such as C# and Java based on classes and designed for storing immutable data.

   Coordinate terms: struct, enumeration
6. The most extreme known value of some variable, particularly that of an achievement in competitive events.

Hyponyms

Derived terms

Descendants

• → Portuguese: recorde

Translations

Adjective

record (not comparable)

1. (attributive) Enough to break previous records and set a new one; world-class; historic.

   Synonyms: record-breaking, record-setting

Translations

Etymology 2

From Middle English recorden (“to repeat, to report”), borrowed from Old French recorder (“to get by heart”), from Latin recordārī (“remember, call to mind”), from re- (“back, again”) + cor (“heart; mind”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ɹɨˈkɔːd/
• (General American) enPR: rĭ-kôrdʹ, IPA^(key): /ɹɪˈkɔɹd/
• Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)d
• Hyphenation: re‧cord

Verb

record (third-person singular simple present records, present participle recording, simple past and past participle recorded)

1. (transitive) To make a record of information.
2. (transitive) To make an audio or video recording of.
3. (transitive, law) To give legal status to by making an official public record.

4. (intransitive) To fix in a medium, usually in a tangible medium.
5. (intransitive) To make an audio, video, or multimedia recording.
6. (transitive, intransitive, obsolete) To repeat; to practice.
7. (transitive, intransitive, obsolete) To sing or repeat a tune.
   • 1595, George Peele, The Old Wives’ Tale, The Malone Society Reprints, 1908, lines 741-742,^[4]

     Come Berecynthia, let vs in likewise,

     And heare the Nightingale record hir notes.
8. (obsolete) To reflect; to ponder.

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “make a record of information”): erase
• (antonym(s) of “make an audio or video recording of”): erase

Derived terms

Translations

Anagrams

• Corder

Catalan

Etymology

From recordar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [rəˈkɔrt]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [reˈkɔɾt]
• Rhymes: -ɔɾt

Noun

record m (plural records)

1. memory, recollection of events
2. souvenir
3. (in the plural) regards (greeting to pass on to another person)

See also

• rècord

Further reading

• “record” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
• “record”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “record” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Dutch

Etymology 1

Unadapted borrowing from French record, from English record, from Old French record.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rəˈkoːr/
• Hyphenation: re‧cord

Noun

record n (plural records, diminutive recordje n)

1. a record, a best achievement

Derived terms

• baanrecord
• recordhouder
• wereldrecord

Descendants

• → Indonesian: rekor
• → Papiamentu: rekòr

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English record.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrɛ.kɔrt/
• Hyphenation: re‧cord

Noun

record m or n (plural records, diminutive recordje n)

1. a record, something recorded on an electronic storage medium
2. a data point in a database
3. a vinyl record

French

Etymology

English record, itself from Old French record.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʁə.kɔʁ/

Noun

record m (plural records)

1. record (most extreme known value of some achievement)

Adjective

record (invariable) (attributive)

1. record, record-breaking, record-setting
2. extreme

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• corder

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from English record.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrɛ.kord/
• Rhymes: -ɛkord
• Hyphenation: rè‧cord

Noun

record m (invariable)

1. record (achievement; computer data element)

Further reading

• record in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English record.

Pronunciation

Noun

record m (plural records)

1. Alternative form of recorde

Adjective

record (invariable)

1. Alternative form of recorde

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French record.

Noun

record n (plural recorduri)

1. record (achievement)

Declension

Spanish

Noun

record m (plural records)

1. Misspelling of récord.
2. record

Welsh

Etymology

Borrowed from English record.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrɛkɔrd/

Noun

record f (plural recordiau, not mutable)

1. record
2. (music) phonograph record

   Synonym: disg

Derived terms

• record byd (“world record”)
• recordio (“to record”)
• recordiad (“recording”)

Further reading

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “record”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies