reception

English

Etymology

From Latin receptiō (“the act of receiving; reception”), from recipiō (“receive”), from re- (“back”) + capiō (“I hold”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

reception (countable and uncountable; plural receptions)

1. The act of receiving.
2. (uncountable) (electronics) The act or ability to receive radio or similar signals.

   We have poor TV reception in the valley.

   The new system provides exceptional quality of the reception signal.

3. A social engagement, usually to formally welcome someone.

   After the wedding we proceeded to the reception.

4. A reaction.

   The ambassador's jokes met a cold reception.

   • 2011 September 29, Jon Smith, “Tottenham 3 - 1 Shamrock Rovers”, BBC Sport:

     Former Tottenham star Rohan Ricketts came off the Rovers bench with 19 minutes to go to a warm reception from the home fans, six years after leaving the Lane.

5. The desk of a hotel or office where guests are received.

Synonyms

• (desk where guests are received): front desk

Derived terms

• receptionist
• reception desk
• reception room

Related terms

• receptacle
• receptive
• receptible
• receptor
• receive

Translations

act of receiving

Chinese: Mandarin: 接收 (zh) (jiēshōu) Czech: obdržení (cs) n., přijetí (cs) n. Dutch: ontvangst (nl) Finnish: vastaanotto (fi) Galician: recepción (gl) m. Georgian: მიღება (ka) Hungarian: átvétel (hu) Italian: ricevimento (it) m.

Japanese: 受付 (ja) (uketsuke); (acceptance) 受理 (ja) (juri); 収容 (ja) (shūyō); (to a member of a group) 入会 (ja) (nyūkai), 加入 (ja) (kanyū) Latin: receptiō (la) f. Norwegian: mottakelse (no) m. Portuguese: recepção (pt) f. Russian: приём (ru) (prijóm) m. Serbian: prijem (sr), doček (sr) Spanish: recepción (es) m. Swedish: mottagande (sv) n.

electronics: act or ability to receive signals

Chinese: Mandarin: 接收能力 (zh) (jiēshōu nénglì) Czech: příjem (cs) m. Dutch: ontvangst (nl) Finnish: vastaanotto (fi) Galician: cobertura (gl) m. Hungarian: vétel (hu) Italian: ricezione (it) f.

Japanese: (act) 受信 (ja) (jushin); (ability) 感度 (ja) (kando) Norwegian: mottak (no) n. Portuguese: recepção (pt) f. Russian: приём (ru) (prijóm) m. Serbian: prijem (sr) Spanish: cobertura (es) m. Swedish: mottagning (sv) c.

social engagement

Arabic: استقبال (isteqbāl) m. Chinese: Mandarin: 招待會 (zh), 招待会 (zh) (zhāodàihuì) Czech: recepce (cs) f. Dutch: receptie f. Esperanto: akcepto (eo) Finnish: vastaanotto (fi) French: accueil (fr) m. Galician: recepción (gl) m. Georgian: მიღება (ka) German: Empfang (de) m. Greek: υποδοχή (el) (ypodochí) f.

Hungarian: fogadás (hu) Italian: ricevimento (it) m. Japanese: 接待 (ja) (せったい, settai), 宴会 (ja) (enkai); (condition of the engagement) 待遇 (ja) (taigū) Korean: 환영회 (hwanyeonghoe) Kurdish: پێشواز Norwegian: mottakelse (no) m. Portuguese: recepção (pt) f. Russian: приём (ru) (prijóm) m., банкет (ru) (bankét) m. Serbian: prijem (sr), doček (sr) Spanish: recibimiento m., recepción (es) m. Swedish: mottagning (sv) c., reception (sv) c.

reaction

Chinese: Mandarin: 反應 (zh), 反应 (zh) (fǎnyìng) Czech: přijetí (cs) n. Dutch: ontvangst (nl) Finnish: vastaanotto (fi) Hungarian: fogadtatás (hu)

Italian: accoglienza (it) f. Japanese: 受け (ja) (uke), 反応 (ja) (han'nō), 評判 (ja) (jyōban), 理解 (ja) (rikai) Portuguese: recepção (pt) f. Russian: приём (ru) (prijóm) m. Swedish: mottagande (sv) n.

front desk

Chinese: Mandarin: 接待處 (zh), 接待处 (zh) (jiēdàichù), 櫃檯 (zh), 柜台 (zh) (guìtái), 前臺 (zh), 前台 (zh) (qiántái) Croatian: recepcija (hr) f. Czech: recepce (cs) f. Dutch: receptie (nl) f. Finnish: vastaanotto (fi) Galician: recepción (gl) m. Greek: υποδοχή (el) (ypodochí) f.

Hungarian: recepció (hu) Italian: reception (it) f., ricezione (it) f. Japanese: 受付 (ja) (uketsuke) Norwegian: resepsjon (no) m. Portuguese: recepção (pt) f. Russian: приёмная (prijómnaja) f., стойка администратора (stójka administrátora) f. Spanish: recepción (es) m. Swedish: reception (sv) c., vakt (sv) c.

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French: réception f. (1,2,3,4) German: Empfang m. (1, 2, 4), Aufnahme f.

Korean: 응접 (eungcheop) Norwegian: mottak n.

Anagrams

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Swedish

Noun

reception c.

1. a reception, a front desk
2. a reception, a social welcoming event

Declension

Declension of reception

	singular		plural
Common	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	reception	receptionen	receptioner	receptionerna
genitive	receptions	receptionens	receptioners	receptionernas

Synonyms

• intagning (i en orden)
• mottagning
• vakt