recipient

See also: récipient

English

schematic of alembic distillation
recipient is on the right

Etymology

From Middle French récipient, 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: مُسْتَلِم m ‎(mustalim)
• Chinese:

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

• 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)
• Norman: r'chéveux m, èrchéveux m
• Lojban: te dunda
• Macedonian: примател m ‎(prímatel), примач m ‎(prímač)
• Meänkieli: vasthaanottaja
• Portuguese: receptor (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 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

See also

•  Still on Wikimedia Commons. Wikimedia Commons: Still

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Catalan

Noun

recipient m ‎(plural recipients)

1. recipient, container

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Latin

Verb

recipient

1. third-person plural future active indicative of recipiō