receiver

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɹəˈsivɚ/

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• Rhymes: -iːvə(r)

Etymology

receive + -er

Noun

receiver (plural receivers)

1. A person who or thing that receives or is intended to receive something.
   1. A trustee appointed to hold and administer property involved in litigation.
   2. A person appointed to settle the affairs of an insolvent entity.
   3. A person who accepts stolen goods.
   4. Any of several electronic devices that receive signals and convert them into sound or vision.
      1. A telephone handset.
   5. (American football) An offensive player who catches the ball after it has been passed.
   6. (tennis) A person who attempts to return the ball after it has been served.
   7. An element of a mechanical or other system or device designed to accept another element.
      1. (firearms) The part of a firearm containing the action.
      2. A vessel for receiving the exhaust steam from the high-pressure cylinder before it enters the low-pressure cylinder, in a compound steam engine.
      3. A capacious vessel for receiving steam from a distant boiler, and supplying it dry to an engine.

Derived terms

• receivership

Synonyms

• recipient (more formal, usually referring to one who receives such things as an award or medal)

Translations

person who receives

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 收件人 (zh) (shōujiànrén)

• Czech: příjemce m
• Finnish: vastaanottaja (fi), saaja (fi)
• French: destinataire (fr) m, f
• German: Empfänger (de) m
• Greek: αποδέκτης (el) m (apodéktis), παραλήπτης (el) m (paralíptis)
• Japanese: 受取人 (うけとりじん, uketorijin)

• Macedonian: примател m (prímatel), примач m (prímač)
• Malay: penerima
• Norwegian: mottaker m
• Portuguese: (Brazil) destinatário (pt) m
• Russian: получатель (ru) m (polučát'el')
• Spanish: destinatario (es) m
• Swedish: mottagare (sv) c

person appointed to settle financial affairs

• French: receveur (fr) m

• Greek: φοροεισπράκτορας (el) m (foroeispráktoras)

person who buys stolen goods

• French: receleur (fr) m
• German: Hehler (de) m
• Greek: κλεπταποδόχος (el) m, f (kleptapodóchos)
• Italian: ricettatore m

• Norwegian: heler m
• Portuguese: (Brazil) receptador (pt) m
• Swedish: hälare (sv) c
• Walloon: riceleu (wa) m

electronic device

• Czech: přijímač (cs) m
• Finnish: vastaanotin (fi)
• French: récepteur (fr) m
• German: Empfangsgerät n, Empfänger (de) m
• Greek: δέκτης (el) m (déktis)
• Italian: (telephone) cornetta (it) f
• Macedonian: приемник m (príemnik)

• Norwegian: mottaker m
• Polish: odbiornik m
• Portuguese: (Brazil) receptor (pt) m
• Russian: приёмник (ru) m (prijómnik)
• Spanish: receptor (es) m
• Swedish: mottagare (sv) c

telephone handset

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 話筒, 话筒 (zh) (huàtǒng), 聽筒, 听筒 (zh) (tīngtǒng), 受話器 (zh), 受话器 (zh) (shòuhuàqì)

• Dutch: hoorn (nl)
• French: écouteur (fr) m
• German: Hörer (de) m

• Greek: ακουστικό (el) n (akoustikó)
• Japanese: 受話器 (じゅわき, juwaki)
• Russian: телефонная трубка f (telefónnaja trúbka), трубка (ru) f (trúbka)
• Spanish: receptor (es) m
• Swedish: telefonlur c, lur (sv) c

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Danish: modtager c