recipe

English

Etymology

From Latin recipiō (“receive”). Compare receipt.

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA: /ˈɹɛs.ɪ.pi/, /ˈɹɛs.ə.pi/

• Audio (US)

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Noun

recipe (plural recipes)

1. (medicine, archaic) A formula for preparing or using a medicine; a prescription; also, a medicine prepared from such instructions. [from 16th c.]
2. Any set of instructions for preparing a mixture of ingredients. [from 17th c.]
3. By extension, a plan or procedure to obtain a given end result. [from 17th c.]

   His new approach is definitely a recipe for success.

4. Now especially, a set of instructions for making or preparing food dishes. [from 18th c.]

Translations

instructions for making or preparing food dishes

• Afrikaans: resep (af)
• Albanian: please add this translation if you can
• Arabic: وصفة (ar) (wáṣfa) f
• Armenian: please add this translation if you can
• Asturian: receta (ast) f
• Catalan: recepta (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 烹飪法 (cmn), 烹饪法 (cmn) (pēngrènfǎ), 烹調法 (cmn), 烹调法 (cmn) (pēngtiáofǎ), 食譜 (cmn), 食谱 (cmn) (shípǔ)

• Czech: recept (cs) m
• Dutch: recept (nl) n
• Esperanto: recepto (eo)
• Estonian: retsept (et)
• Finnish: resepti (fi), ruokaresepti (fi)
• French: recette (fr) f
• Galician: receita (gl) f
• Georgian: რეცეპტი (ka) (rec'epti)
• German: Rezept (de) n, Kochrezept (de) n
• Greek: συνταγή (el) (syntagí) f
• Hebrew: מתכון (he) (matkón) m, רצפט (he) (retsépt) m
• Hindi: नुस्खा (hi) (nuskhā) m
• Hungarian: recept (hu)
• Indonesian: resep (id)
• Interlingua: recepta (ia)
• Irish: oideas (ga) m
• Italian: ricetta (it) f
• Japanese: 調理手順 (ja) (chōritejun), レシピ (ja) (reshipi), 料理法 (ja) (りょうりほう, ryōrihō)

• Jèrriais: èrchette f
• Korean: 처방 (ko) (cheobang), 조리법 (ko) (joribeop), 레시피 (ko) (resipi)
• Latin: praeceptum (la) n
• Latvian: recepte (lv) f
• Lithuanian: receptas (lt) m
• Macedonian: рецепт (mk) (recépt) m
• Malay: resipi (ms)
• Norwegian: oppskrift (no) m and f
• Polish: przepis (pl) m
• Portuguese: receita (pt) f
• Romanian: reteta (ro) f
• Russian: рецепт (ru) (recépt) m
• Scottish Gaelic: reasabaidh (gd) m
• Spanish: receta (es) f
• Swedish: recept (sv) n
• Thai: สูตร (th) (sòot)
• Turkish: yemek tarifi (tr)
• Ukrainian: рецепт (uk) (recépt) m
• Vietnamese: công thức (vi)
• Volapük: rezäp (vo)
• Welsh: resipi (cy) f
• Zulu: isu (zu) 5/6, iresiphi (zu) 5/6

Anagrams

• pierce, Pierce

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Interlingua

Pronunciation

• IPA: /reˈtsi.pe/

Verb

recipe

1. present of reciper
2. imperative of reciper

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Latin

Verb

recipe

1. second-person singular present active imperative of recipiō
   1. "take thou back"
   2. "receive thou"