recipient

English

schematic of alembic distillation
recipient is on the right

Etymology

From Latin stem of recipiens, present participle of recipere (“to receive”)

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ɹəˈsɪ.pĭ.jɪnt/

Noun

recipient (plural recipients)

1. One who receives, such as one who receives money or goods.
2. (medicine) An individual receiving donor organs or tissues.
3. (chemistry) The portion of an alembic or other still in which the distilled liquid is collected.

Usage notes

"Recipient" is often reserved for the act of receiving such things as awards or medals. "receiver" is used for insignificant items.

Translations

one who receives

• Arabic: مستلم m (mustalim)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 收件人 (zh) (shōujiàn rén), 接受者 (zh) (jiēshòuzhě)

• Czech: příjemce m
• Danish: modtager c
• Dutch: ontvanger (nl) m, ontvangster f
• Finnish: vastaanottaja (fi)
• French: receveur (fr) m, receveuse (fr) f, destinataire (fr) m, f, récipiendaire (fr) m, f
• German: Empfänger (de) m, Empfängerin (de) f
• Hungarian: fogadó (hu) (who receives something), átvevő (hu) (who receives an object personally from a middleman, especially a postman), címzett (hu) (in Hungarian mails címzett (referring to the person) is used instead of cím (address) including emails)

• Japanese: 受取人 (うけとりにん, uketorinin)
• Jèrriais: r'chéveux m, èrchéveux m
• Lojban: te dunda
• Macedonian: примател m (prímatel), примач m (prímač)
• Portuguese: receptor (pt) m
• Russian: получатель (ru) m (polučátelʹ), получательница (ru) f (polučátelʹnica), реципиент (ru) m (recipijént)
• Slovene: prejemnik m, prejemnica f
• Spanish: receptor (es) m, receptora f
• Swedish: mottagare (sv)

individual receiving donor organs or tissues

• Dutch: ontvanger (nl) m/ontvangster f
• Finnish: vastaanottaja (fi)
• French: personne gréffée f
• German: Empfänger (de) m
• Hungarian: befogadó (hu)

• Macedonian: примател m (prímatel), примач m (prímač)
• Portuguese: receptor (pt) m
• Slovene: prejemnik m, prejemnica f
• Spanish: receptor (es) m
• Swedish: mottagare (sv) c, organmottagare c

See also

•  Still on Wikimedia Commons. Wikimedia Commons: Still

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Latin

Verb

recipient

1. third-person plural future active indicative of recipiō