recipient

See also: récipient

English

schematic of alembic distillation
recipient is on the right

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French récipient, from Latin recipiēns, present participle of recipiō (“to receive”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɹəˈsɪp.i.ənt/

Noun

recipient (plural recipients)

1. One who receives.

   the recipient of money or goods

   My e-mail never reached the intended recipient.

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: مُسْتَلِم‎‎ m (mustalim)
• Armenian: ստացող (stacʿoł)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 收件人 (zh) (shōujiànrén), 接受者 (zh) (jiēshòuzhě), 收貨人 (zh), 收货人 (zh) (shōuhuòrén)

• Czech: příjemce (cs) m
• Danish: modtager (da) 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
• Greek: παραλήπτης (el) m (paralíptis), αποδέκτης (el) m (apodéktis)

• 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)
• Macedonian: примател m (prímatel), примач m (prímač)
• Meänkieli: vasthaanottaja
• Norman: r'chéveux m, èrchéveux m
• Polish: odbiorca (pl) m, odbiorczyni (pl) f
• Portuguese: receptor (pt) m, destinatário (pt) m
• Russian: получа́тель (ru) m (polučátelʹ), получа́тельница (ru) f (polučátelʹnica), реципие́нт (ru) m (recipijént)
• Slovene: prejemnik m, prejemnica f
• Spanish: receptor (es) m, receptora (es) f
• Swedish: mottagare (sv)

individual receiving donor organs or tissues

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Dutch: ontvanger (nl) m/ontvangster f
• Finnish: vastaanottaja (fi)
• French: personne gréffée f
• German: Empfänger (de) m
• Greek: δέκτης (el) m, f (déktis)

• 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

the portion of an alembic or other still in which the distilled liquid is collected

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Finnish: tislekolvi

• Greek: δοχείο (el) n (docheío)
• Spanish: recipiente (es) m

Adjective

recipient (not comparable)

1. receiving

See also

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Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin recipiens, recipientem.

Noun

recipient m (plural recipients)

1. recipient, container

Related terms

• rebre

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Latin

Verb

recipient

1. third-person plural future active indicative of recipiō