reception

See also: réception

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɹɪˈsɛp.ʃn̩/

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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 treatment received on first talking to a person, arriving at a place, etc.

   The ambassador's jokes met a cold reception.

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

     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.
6. (Britain, education) The school year, or part thereof, between preschool and Year 1, when children are introduced to formal education.
7. (law) The conscious adoption or transplantation of legal phenomena from a different culture.
   • 1942 October, Levy, Ernst, “Reflections on the First "Reception" of Roman Law in Germanic States”, in The American Historical Review, JSTOR 1843246, page 20:

     Among the numerous receptions of Roman law one event stood out, to the extent that, at least in central Europe, it almost monopolized the term.

Synonyms

• (desk where guests are received): front desk

Derived terms

• reception center, reception centre
• reception desk
• receptionist
• reception room

Related terms

• receptacle
• receptive
• receptible
• receptor
• receive

Translations

act of receiving

• Arabic: اِسْتِقْبَال‎ m (istiqbāl)
• Armenian: ստացում (hy) (stacʿum)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 接收 (zh) (jiēshōu)

• Czech: obdržení n, přijetí (cs) n
• Dutch: ontvangst (nl)
• Finnish: vastaanotto (fi)
• French: réception (fr) f
• Galician: recepción (gl) m
• Georgian: მიღება (miɣeba)
• German: Aufnahme (de) f, Empfang (de) m
• Hungarian: átvétel (hu), fogadás (hu)
• Italian: ricevimento (it) m
• Japanese: 受付 (うけつけ, uketsuke), (acceptance) 受理 (ja) (じゅり, juri), 収容 (ja) (しゅうよう, shūyō), (to a member of a group) 入会 (ja) (にゅうかい, nyūkai), 加入 (ja) (かにゅう, kanyū)

• Korean: 응접 (eungjeop)
• Latin: receptiō f
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: mottakelse m

• Polish: odbiór (pl) m
• Portuguese: recepção (pt) f
• Russian: приём (ru) m (prijóm)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Roman: prijem (sh), doček (sh)

• Slovene: sprejem m
• Spanish: recepción (es) m
• Swedish: mottagande (sv) n
• Welsh: derbyniad m

electronics: act or ability to receive signals

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 接收能力 (jiēshōu nénglì)

• Czech: příjem (cs) m
• Dutch: ontvangst (nl)
• Finnish: vastaanotto (fi)
• French: réception (fr) f
• Galician: cobertura m
• Hungarian: vétel (hu), térerő (hu) (state of mobile phone reception)
• Irish: glacadh m
• Italian: ricezione (it) f
• Japanese: (act) 受信 (ja) (じゅしん, jushin), (ability) 感度 (かんど, kando)

• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: mottak n

  Nynorsk: mottak n

• Polish: zasięg (pl) m
• Portuguese: recepção (pt) f
• Russian: приём (ru) m (prijóm)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Roman: prijem (sh)

• Spanish: cobertura m
• Swedish: mottagning (sv) c
• Welsh: derbyniad m

social engagement

• Arabic: اِسْتِقْبَال‎ m (istiqbāl), حَفْلَة اِسْتِقْبَال‎ f (ḥaflat istiqbāl)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 招待會 (zh), 招待会 (zh) (zhāodàihuì)

• Czech: recepce (cs) f
• Dutch: receptie (nl) f
• Esperanto: akcepto
• Finnish: vastaanotto (fi)
• French: accueil (fr) m, réception (fr) f
• Galician: recepción (gl) m
• Georgian: მიღება (miɣeba)
• German: Empfang (de) m
• Greek: υποδοχή (el) f (ypodochí)

  Ancient Greek: ὑποδοχή f (hupodokhḗ)

• Hungarian: fogadás (hu)
• Italian: ricevimento (it) m
• Japanese: 接待 (ja) (せったい, settai), 宴会 (ja) (えんかい, enkai), (condition of the engagement) 待遇 (ja) (たいぐう, taigū), レセプション (resepushon)

• Korean: 환영회 (ko) (hwanyeonghoe), 리셉션 (risepsyeon)
• Kurdish:

  Sorani: پێشواز‎ (pêşwaz)

• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: resepsjon m, mottakelse m

  Nynorsk: resepsjon m

• Polish: przyjęcie (pl) n
• Portuguese: recepção (pt) f
• Russian: приём (ru) m (prijóm), банке́т (ru) m (bankét)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Roman: prijem (sh), doček (sh)

• Spanish: recibimiento (es) m, recepción (es) m
• Swedish: mottagning (sv) c, reception (sv) c
• Tagalog: baysanan (wedding)
• Welsh: derbyniad m

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 (うけ, uke), 反応 (ja) (はんのう, hannō), 評判 (ja) (ひょうばん, hyōban), 理解 (ja) (りかい, rikai)
• Malay: sambutan
• Portuguese: recepção (pt) f
• Russian: приём (ru) m (prijóm)
• Swedish: mottagande (sv) n

front desk

• Arabic: مَكْتَب الِاسْتِقْبَال‎ m (maktab al-istiqbāl)
• Armenian: please add this translation if you can
• Belarusian: прыёмная f (pryjómnaja), рэгістрату́ра f (rehistratúra) (in a clinic)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 接待處, 接待处 (jiēdàichù), 櫃檯 (zh), 柜台 (zh) (guìtái), 前臺 (zh), 前台 (zh) (qiántái), 接受處, 接受处 (jiēshòuchù)

• Czech: recepce (cs) f
• Danish: reception (da) c
• Dutch: receptie (nl) f
• Esperanto: akceptejo
• Estonian: vastuvõtt
• Finnish: vastaanotto (fi)
• French: réception (fr) f
• Galician: recepción (gl) m
• Georgian: რეცეპცია (receṗcia)
• German: Rezeption (de) f, Empfang (de) m
• Greek: υποδοχή (el) f (ypodochí), ρεσεψιόν (el) n (resepsión)
• Hungarian: recepció (hu)
• Irish: deasc fáiltithe f
• Italian: reception (it) f, ricezione (it) f

• Japanese: 受付 (うけつけ, uketsuke), レセプション (resepushon), フロント (ja) (furonto)
• Korean: 접수처 (jeopsucheo), 리셉션 (risepsyeon), 프런트 (peureonteu)
• Maori: taupaepae
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: resepsjon m

  Nynorsk: resepsjon m

• Persian: پذیرش‎ (fa) (pazireš)
• Polish: recepcja (pl) f
• Portuguese: recepção (pt) f
• Russian: приёмная (ru) f (prijómnaja), сто́йка администра́тора f (stójka administrátora), (in a clinic) регистрату́ра (ru) f (registratúra), ресе́пшен (ru) m (resɛ́pšen), реце́пция (ru) f (recépcija)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Roman: recepcija (sh) f

• Slovak: recepcia f
• Spanish: recepción (es) m
• Swedish: reception (sv) c, vakt (sv) c
• Ukrainian: прийма́льня (uk) f (pryjmálʹnja), реєстрату́ра f (rejestratúra) (in a clinic)
• Vietnamese: phòng lễ tân, quầy lễ tân
• Welsh: derbynfa f

adoption of legal phenomena from a different culture

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Finnish: vastaanotto (fi)
• Russian: реце́пция (ru) f (recépcija)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables, removing any numbers. Numbers do not necessarily match those in definitions. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout#Translations.

Translations to be checked

• German: (1, 2, 4) ^{(please verify)} Empfang (de) m, ^{(please verify)} Aufnahme (de) f

• Norwegian: ^{(please verify)} mottak n

Anagrams

• pre-notice, prenotice

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Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from French réception, English reception, from Latin receptio.

Noun

reception c

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

Declension

Declension of reception
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	reception	receptionen	receptioner	receptionerna
Genitive	receptions	receptionens	receptioners	receptionernas

Synonyms

• intagning (i en orden)
• mottagning
• vakt