Standard Lemma guide

recipient

adj · noun · 6 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • /ɹəˈsɪp.i.ənt/
  • /ɹɪˈsɪp.i.ənt/
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  • CMU ARPABET: R AH0 S IH1 P IY0 AH0 N T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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1

adj

Meaning 1

receiving

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

One who receives.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • the recipient of money or goods
  • My e-mail never reached the intended recipient.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: addressee

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

A person receiving donor organs or tissues.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: medicine, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, physical-sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

the semantic role of the animate entity that is passively involved in the happening denoted by the verb in the clause

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: recipient role

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: semantic role, participant role

6

noun

Meaning 6

a person who receives something

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: receiver

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: acquirer

Narrower terms: addressee, alienee, grantee, annuitant, assignee, beneficiary, donee, borrower, conferee, consignee, dependant, dependent, heir, inheritor, heritor, honoree, host, mandatary, mandatory, payee, protege, sendee, transferee, warrantee

History

Etymology

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

Across languages

Translations

142 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Spanish: recipiente — Translations
  • Albanian: marrës — one who receives
  • Albanian: marrëse — one who receives
  • Arabic: مُسْتَلِم (mustalim) — one who receives
  • Arabic: مُسْتَلِمَة (mustalima) — one who receives
  • Arabic: مُتَسَلِّم (mutasallim) — one who receives
  • Arabic: مُتَسَلِّمَة (mutasallima) — one who receives
  • Arabic: مُتَلَقِّيّ (mutalaqqiyy) — one who receives
  • Arabic: مُتَلَقِّيَّة (mutalaqqiyya) — one who receives
  • Armenian: ստացող (stacʻoġ) — one who receives
  • Azerbaijani: alan — one who receives
  • Azerbaijani: alıcı — one who receives
  • Bashkir: алыусы (alıwsı) — one who receives
  • Belarusian: атрыма́льнік (atrymálʹnik) — one who receives
  • Belarusian: атрыма́льніца (atrymálʹnica) — one who receives
  • Belarusian: атрыма́ч (atrymáč) — one who receives
  • Belarusian: атрыма́чка (atrymáčka) — one who receives
  • Bulgarian: получа́тел (polučátel) — one who receives
  • Bulgarian: получа́телка (polučátelka) — one who receives
  • Burmese: လက်ခံသူ (lakhkamsu) — one who receives
  • Chinese Mandarin: 收件人 (shōujiànrén) — one who receives
  • Chinese Mandarin: 接受者 (jiēshòuzhě) — one who receives
  • Chinese Mandarin: 收貨人 /收货人 (shōuhuòrén) — one who receives
  • Czech: příjemce — one who receives
  • Czech: příjemkyně — one who receives
  • Danish: modtager — one who receives
  • Dutch: ontvanger — one who receives
  • Dutch: ontvangster — one who receives
  • Estonian: saaja — one who receives
  • Finnish: vastaanottaja — one who receives
  • French: receveur — one who receives
  • French: receveuse — one who receives
  • French: destinataire — one who receives
  • French: récipiendaire — one who receives
  • Georgian: მიმღები (mimɣebi) — one who receives
  • German: Empfänger — one who receives
  • German: Empfängerin — one who receives
  • Greek: παραλήπτης (paralíptis) — one who receives
  • Greek: αποδέκτης (apodéktis) — one who receives
  • Hebrew: מְקַבֵּל (mekabél) — one who receives
  • Hebrew: נמען (nim'án) — one who receives
  • Hindi: प्राप्तकर्ता (prāptakartā) — one who receives
  • Hindi: लाभार्थी (lābhārthī) — one who receives
  • Hindi: आदाता (ādātā) — one who receives
  • Hindi: ग्रहीता (grahītā) — one who receives
  • Hungarian: fogadó — one who receives
  • Hungarian: átvevő — one who receives
  • Hungarian: címzett — one who receives
  • Icelandic: móttakandi — one who receives
  • Indonesian: penerima — one who receives
  • Irish: faighteoir — one who receives
  • Italian: destinatario — one who receives
  • Italian: beneficiario — one who receives
  • Japanese: 受取人 (uketorinin) — one who receives
  • Kazakh: алушы (aluşy) — one who receives
  • Khmer: អ្នកទទួល (nĕək tɔɔtɔtuəl) — one who receives
  • Korean: 수취인 (suchwiin) — one who receives
  • Korean: 받는 사람 (banneun saram) — one who receives
  • Korean: 수신인 (susinin) — one who receives
  • Kyrgyz: алуучу (aluucu) — one who receives
  • Lao: ຜູ້ຮັບ (phū hap) — one who receives
  • Latin: acceptor — one who receives
  • Latin: acceptrix — one who receives
  • Latvian: saņēmējs — one who receives
  • Latvian: saņēmēja — one who receives
  • Lithuanian: gavėjas — one who receives
  • Lithuanian: gavėja — one who receives
  • Macedonian: примател (primatel) — one who receives
  • Macedonian: примач (primač) — one who receives
  • Malay: penerima — one who receives
  • Malayalam: സ്വീകർത്താവ് (svīkaṟttāvŭ) — one who receives
  • Māori: kaiwhiwhi — one who receives
  • Meänkieli: vasthaanottaja — one who receives
  • Mongolian: хүлээн авагч (xüleen avagč) — one who receives
  • Norman: r'chéveux — one who receives
  • Norman: èrchéveux — one who receives
  • Norwegian Bokmål: mottaker — one who receives
  • Iranian Persian: گیرَنْدِه (girande) — one who receives
  • Polish: odbiorca — one who receives
  • Polish: odbiorczyni — one who receives
  • Polish: biorca — one who receives
  • Portuguese: receptor — one who receives
  • Portuguese: destinatário — one who receives
  • Romanian: destinatar — one who receives
  • Romanian: destinatară — one who receives
  • Russian: получа́тель (polučátelʹ) — one who receives
  • Russian: получа́тельница (polučátelʹnica) — one who receives
  • Russian: реципие́нт (recipiént) — one who receives
  • Russian: реципие́нтка (recipiéntka) — one who receives
  • Serbo-Croatian: prìmatelj — one who receives
  • Serbo-Croatian: primatèljica — one who receives
  • Serbo-Croatian: прѝматељ — one who receives
  • Serbo-Croatian: приматѐљица — one who receives
  • Slovak: príjemca — one who receives
  • Slovak: príjemkyňa — one who receives
  • Slovene: prejemnik — one who receives
  • Slovene: prejemnica — one who receives
  • Spanish: adjudicatario — one who receives
  • Spanish: destinatario — one who receives
  • Spanish: recipiente — one who receives
  • Swedish: mottagare — one who receives
  • Tajik: гиранда (giranda) — one who receives
  • Tatar: алучы (aluçı) — one who receives
  • Thai: ผู้รับ (pûu-ráp) — one who receives
  • Turkish: alıcı — one who receives
  • Turkmen: alyjy — one who receives
  • Ukrainian: оде́ржувач (odéržuvač) — one who receives
  • Ukrainian: оде́ржувачка (odéržuvačka) — one who receives
  • Urdu: یابِنْدَہ (yābinda) — one who receives
  • Urdu: وُصُول کُنِنْدَہ (vusūl kuninda) — one who receives
  • Urdu: گِیرِنْدَہ (gīrinda) — one who receives
  • Uyghur: قوبۇل قىلغۇچى (qobul qilghuchi) — one who receives
  • Uzbek: oluvchi — one who receives
  • Vietnamese: người nhận — one who receives
  • Yiddish: באַקומער (bakumer) — one who receives
  • Bulgarian: приемник (priemnik) — person receiving donor organs or tissues
  • Chinese Mandarin: 器官受贈者 /器官受赠者 (qìguān shòuzèng zhě) — person receiving donor organs or tissues
  • Dutch: ontvanger — person receiving donor organs or tissues
  • Dutch: ontvangster — person receiving donor organs or tissues
  • Finnish: vastaanottaja — person receiving donor organs or tissues
  • French: personne greffée — person receiving donor organs or tissues
  • German: Empfänger — person receiving donor organs or tissues
  • Greek: δέκτης (déktis) — person receiving donor organs or tissues
  • Hindi: आदाता (ādātā) — person receiving donor organs or tissues
  • Hindi: लाभार्थी (lābhārthī) — person receiving donor organs or tissues
  • Hungarian: befogadó — person receiving donor organs or tissues
  • Italian: ricevente — person receiving donor organs or tissues
  • Japanese: レシピエント (reshipiento) — person receiving donor organs or tissues
  • Macedonian: примател (primatel) — person receiving donor organs or tissues
  • Macedonian: примач (primač) — person receiving donor organs or tissues
  • Polish: biorca — person receiving donor organs or tissues
  • Portuguese: receptor — person receiving donor organs or tissues
  • Slovene: prejemnik — person receiving donor organs or tissues
  • Slovene: prejemnica — person receiving donor organs or tissues
  • Spanish: recipiente — person receiving donor organs or tissues
  • Swedish: mottagare — person receiving donor organs or tissues
  • Swedish: organmottagare — person receiving donor organs or tissues
  • Chinese Mandarin: 接收器 (jiēshōuqì) — the portion of an alembic or other still in which the distilled liquid is collected
  • Finnish: tislekolvi — the portion of an alembic or other still in which the distilled liquid is collected
  • Greek: δοχείο (docheío) — the portion of an alembic or other still in which the distilled liquid is collected
  • Italian: recipiente — the portion of an alembic or other still in which the distilled liquid is collected
  • Spanish: recipiente — the portion of an alembic or other still in which the distilled liquid is collected
Real reading context

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