recipient

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See also: récipient

English

schematic of alembic distillation
(recipient is on the right)

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French récipient, from Latin recipiēns, present participle of recipiō (“to receive”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɹəˈsɪp.i.ənt/
  • IPA(key): /ɹɪ.ˈsɪ.pi.ənt/
  • Audio (Southern England)(file)

Noun

recipient (plural recipients)

  1. One who receives.
    Synonym: addressee
    the recipient of money or goods
    My e-mail never reached the intended recipient.
    • 2023 March 8, Howard Johnston, “Was Marples the real railway wrecker?”, in RAIL, number 978, page 52:
      And it [bribery and fraud] didn't stop there. Both Sir Winston Churchill and later Labour leader Michael Foot were allegedly regular recipients of private cheques that would have seen them summarily sacked in this present age of transparency.
  2. (medicine) An individual receiving donor organs or tissues.
  3. (chemistry) The portion of an alembic or other still in which the distilled liquid is collected.

Usage notes

“Recipient” is often reserved for the act of receiving such things as awards or medals; “receiver” is used for insignificant items.

Translations

Adjective

recipient (not comparable)

  1. receiving

See also

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin recipientem.

Pronunciation

Noun

recipient m (plural recipients)

  1. recipient, container

Related terms

Latin

Verb

recipient

  1. third-person plural future active indicative of recipiō

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French récipient.

Noun

recipient n (plural recipiente)

  1. container

Declension

Declension of recipient
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) recipient recipientul (niște) recipiente recipientele
genitive/dative (unui) recipient recipientului (unor) recipiente recipientelor
vocative recipientule recipientelor
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