récipient
See also: recipient
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin recipiens, recipientem, present participle of recipere from re- + capere "to catch." Cognate with English recipient "receiver," Italian, Spanish recipiente "vessel".
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʁe.si.pjɑ̃/
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Noun
récipient m (plural récipients)
- container, vessel, recipient
Related terms
- réception (“reception”)
- recevoir (“receive”)
Further reading
- “récipient”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.