recipient

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ɹəˈsɪp.i.ənt/
• IPA: /ɹɪˈsɪp.i.ənt/

Noun

recipient (plural recipients)

1. One who receives.

   Synonyms: addressee

   the recipient of money or goods

   My e-mail never reached the intended recipient.

2. (medicine) A person receiving donor organs or tissues.
3. (chemistry) The portion of an alembic or other still in which the distilled liquid is collected.

Translations

• French: receveur, receveuse, destinataire, récipiendaire
• German: Empfänger, Empfängerin
• Italian: destinatario, beneficiario
• Portuguese: receptor, destinatário
• Russian: получа́тель
• Spanish: receptor, receptora, adjudicatario (formal; law), destinatario, recibidor

Translations

• French: personne gréffée
• German: Empfänger
• Italian: ricevente
• Portuguese: receptor
• Spanish: receptor

Translations

• Italian: recipiente
• Spanish: recipiente

Adjective

recipient (not comparable)

1. receiving

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