recipient
Definition from Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Contents |
English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Latin stem of recipiens, present participle of recipere (“to receive”)
Pronunciation [edit]
Noun [edit]
recipient (plural recipients)
- One who receives, such as one who receives money or goods.
- (medicine) An individual receiving donor organs or tissues.
- (chemistry) The portion of an alembic or other still in which the distilled liquid is collected.
Translations [edit]
one who receives
|
|
individual receiving donor organs or tissues
|
See also [edit]
Still on Wikimedia Commons. Wikimedia Commons: Still
Latin [edit]
Verb [edit]
recipient
- third-person plural future active indicative of recipiō
- "they will take back"
- "they will receive"