recipe

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

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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

Albanian: please add this translation if you can Arabic: وصفة (ar) (wáṣfa) f. Armenian: please add this translation if you can Chinese: Mandarin: 烹飪法 (zh), 烹饪法 (zh) (pēngrènfǎ), 烹調法 (zh), 烹调法 (zh) (pēngtiáofǎ), 食譜 (zh), 食谱 (zh) (shípǔ) Czech: recept (cs) m. Dutch: recept (nl) n. Esperanto: recepto (eo) Estonian: retsept (et) Finnish: resepti (fi), ruokaresepti (fi) French: recette (fr) 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) Interlingua: recepta 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) 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. Norwegian: oppskrift (no) Polish: przepis (pl) m. Portuguese: receita (pt) f. Romanian: reteta f. Russian: рецепт (ru) (recépt) m. Scottish Gaelic: reasabaidh (gd) m. Spanish: receta (es) f. Swedish: recept (sv) n. Thai: สูตร (th) (sòot) Turkish: reçete (tr) Ukrainian: рецепт (uk) (recépt) m. Vietnamese: công thức (vi) Volapük: rezäp Welsh: resipi (cy) f.

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"