recipient

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)

One who receives.
the recipient of money or goods

My e-mail never reached the intended recipient.

Synonym: addressee
(medicine) An individual receiving donor organs or tissues.
(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

one who receives

Arabic: مُسْتَلِم‎ m (mustalim)
Armenian: ստացող (stacʿoł)
Azerbaijani: alan
Bulgarian: получател (bg) m (polučatel)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 收件人 (zh) (shōujiànrén), 接受者 (zh) (jiēshòuzhě), 收貨人／收货人 (zh) (shōuhuòrén)
Czech: příjemce (cs) m
Danish: modtager (da) c
Dutch: ontvanger (nl) m, ontvangster f
Finnish: vastaanottaja (fi)
French: receveur (fr) m, receveuse (fr) f, destinataire (fr) m or f, récipiendaire (fr) m or f
German: Empfänger (de) m, Empfängerin (de) f
Greek: παραλήπτης (el) m (paralíptis), αποδέκτης (el) m (apodéktis)
Hungarian: fogadó (hu) (who receives something), átvevő (hu) (who receives an object personally from a middleman, especially a postman), címzett (hu) (for email)
Italian: destinatario (it), beneficiario (it)
Japanese: 受取人 (うけとりにん, uketorinin)
Latin: acceptor m, acceptrix f
Macedonian: примател m (primatel), примач m (primač)
Malayalam: സ്വീകർത്താവ് (ml) (svīkaṟttāvŭ)
Maori: kaiwhiwhi
Meänkieli: vasthaanottaja
Norman: r'chéveux m, èrchéveux m
Polish: odbiorca (pl) m, odbiorczyni (pl) f, biorca (pl) m (literary)
Portuguese: receptor (pt) m, destinatário (pt) m
Russian: получа́тель (ru) m (polučátelʹ), получа́тельница (ru) f (polučátelʹnica), реципие́нт (ru) m (recipijént)
Slovene: prejemnik m, prejemnica f
Spanish: receptor (es) m, receptora (es) f, adjudicatario (es) m (formal; law)
Swedish: mottagare (sv)
Yiddish: באַקומער‎ m (bakumer)

individual receiving donor organs or tissues

Bulgarian: приемник (bg) m (priemnik)
Chinese:
Mandarin: please add this translation if you can
Dutch: ontvanger (nl) m, ontvangster f
Finnish: vastaanottaja (fi)
French: personne gréffée f
German: Empfänger (de) m
Greek: δέκτης (el) m or f (déktis)
Hungarian: befogadó (hu)
Italian: ricevente (it)
Macedonian: примател m (primatel), примач m (primač)
Polish: biorca (pl) m
Portuguese: receptor (pt) m
Slovene: prejemnik m, prejemnica f
Spanish: receptor (es) m
Swedish: mottagare (sv) c, organmottagare c

the portion of an alembic or other still in which the distilled liquid is collected

Chinese:
Mandarin: please add this translation if you can
Finnish: tislekolvi
Greek: δοχείο (el) n (docheío)
Italian: recipiente (it)
Spanish: recipiente (es) m

Adjective

recipient (not comparable)

receiving

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin recipiens, recipientem.

Pronunciation

(Balearic) IPA^(key): /rə.si.piˈent/

(Central) IPA^(key): /rə.si.piˈen/

(Valencian) IPA^(key): /re.si.piˈent/

Noun

recipient m (plural recipients)

recipient, container

Related terms

rebre

Latin

Verb

recipient

third-person plural future active indicative of recipiō

Romanian

Etymology

From French récipient.

Noun

recipient n (plural recipiente)

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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