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See also: récipient
English
[edit]![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/Distillation_by_Alembic.svg/220px-Distillation_by_Alembic.svg.png)
(recipient is on the right)
Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Middle French récipient, from Latin recipiēns, present participle of recipiō (“to receive”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]recipient (plural recipients)
- One who receives.
- Synonym: addressee
- the recipient of money or goods
- My e-mail never reached the intended recipient.
- 2023 March 8, Howard Johnston, “Was Marples the real railway wrecker?”, in RAIL, number 978, page 52:
- And it [bribery and fraud] didn't stop there. Both Sir Winston Churchill and later Labour leader Michael Foot were allegedly regular recipients of private cheques that would have seen them summarily sacked in this present age of transparency.
- (medicine) A person receiving donor organs or tissues.
- (chemistry) The portion of an alembic or other still in which the distilled liquid is collected.
Usage notes
[edit]“Recipient” is often reserved for the act of receiving such things as awards or medals; “receiver” is used for insignificant items.
Translations
[edit]one who receives
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person receiving donor organs or tissues
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the portion of an alembic or other still in which the distilled liquid is collected
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Adjective
[edit]recipient (not comparable)
See also
[edit]Category:Alambics on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Catalan
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Latin recipientem.
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): (Central) [rə.si.piˈen]
- IPA(key): (Balearic) [rə.si.piˈent]
- IPA(key): (Valencia) [re.si.piˈent]
Noun
[edit]recipient m (plural recipients)
Related terms
[edit]Latin
[edit]Verb
[edit]recipient
Romanian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from French récipient.
Noun
[edit]recipient n (plural recipiente)
Declension
[edit]Declension of recipient
singular | plural | |||
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indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) recipient | recipientul | (niște) recipiente | recipientele |
genitive/dative | (unui) recipient | recipientului | (unor) recipiente | recipientelor |
vocative | recipientule | recipientelor |
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