addressee

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Noun

addressee (plural addressees)

1. The person or organization to which something, such as a letter or message, is addressed or sent, for whom the item is intended.

   • Person is a grammatical property which is overtly manifested in so-called Personal Pronouns: forms which include the speaker (I/we) are said to be ‘first personʼ Pronouns; forms which include the addressee (you) and not the speaker are said to be ‘second personʼ Pronouns; while forms which exclude both speaker and addressee (he/she/it/they) are ‘third personʼ Pronouns.

Related terms

• address
• addresser
• recipient

Translations

• French: destinataire
• German: Adressat, Adressatin, Empfänger, Empfängerin, Rezipient, Rezipientin
• Portuguese: destinatário, destinatária, alocutário
• Russian: адреса́т
• Spanish: destinatario, consignatario

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