recipient
See also: récipient
English edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Middle French récipient, from Latin recipiēns, present participle of recipiō (“to receive”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
recipient (plural recipients)
- 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.
- (medicine) A person receiving donor organs or tissues.
- (chemistry) The portion of an alembic or other still in which the distilled liquid is collected.
Usage notes edit
“Recipient” is often reserved for the act of receiving such things as awards or medals; “receiver” is used for insignificant items.
Translations edit
one who receives
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person receiving donor organs or tissues
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the portion of an alembic or other still in which the distilled liquid is collected
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Adjective edit
recipient (not comparable)
See also edit
- Category:Alambics on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Catalan edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin recipientem.
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): (Central) [rə.si.piˈen]
- IPA(key): (Balearic) [rə.si.piˈent]
- IPA(key): (Valencian) [re.si.piˈent]
Noun edit
recipient m (plural recipients)
Related terms edit
Latin edit
Verb edit
recipient
Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French récipient.
Noun edit
recipient n (plural recipiente)
Declension edit
Declension of recipient
singular | plural | |||
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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 |