recetáculo

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• receptáculo (Brazil)

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin receptāculum (“receptacle”), from receptō (“to receive back or again, to recover”), frequentative of recipiō (“to receive; to hold back, to reserve”), from re- (“back, again”) + capiō (“to hold”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁe.seˈta.ku.lu/ [he.seˈta.ku.lu]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁe.seˈta.ku.lu/ [he.seˈta.ku.lu]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ʁe.seˈta.ku.lu/ [χe.seˈta.ku.lu]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁe.seˈta.ku.lo/ [he.seˈta.ku.lo]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁɨ.sɛˈta.ku.lu/

• Hyphenation: re‧ce‧tá‧cu‧lo

Noun

recetáculo m (plural recetáculos)

1. receptacle

Related terms

• recetar
• receção
• receber