Meanings
nounaddressee (plural addressees)
plural addressees
- human sciencesA person or entity to whom discourse is directed, or the words referring to such an entity.
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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.
1988, Andrew Radford, chapter 6, in Transformational grammar: a first course, Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, page 305
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe person or organization to which something, such as a letter or message, is addressed or sent, for whom the item is intended.
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Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂éd
- Proto-Italic*ad
- Proto-Italic*ad-
- Latinad-
- Old Frencha-
- Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁
- Proto-Indo-European*trísinflu.
- Proto-Indo-European*d(w)is-
- Proto-Italic*dis-
- Latindīs-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₃reǵ-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₃reǵtós
- Proto-Italic*rektos
- Latinrēctus
- Latindīrēctus
- Vulgar Latin*dīrēctiāre
- Old Frenchdrecier
- Old Frenchadrecier
- Middle Englishadressen
- Englishaddress
- Englishaddressee
Translations
Arabic مُسْتَلِم, مُسْتَلِمَة
- مُسْتَلِم (mustalim)person or organization to which something is addressed or sent
- مُسْتَلِمَة (mustalima)person or organization to which something is addressed or sent
- مُرْسَل إِلَيْهِ (mursal ʔilayhi)person or organization to which something is addressed or sent
Bulgarian получа́тел, получа́телка
- получа́тел (polučátel)person or organization to which something is addressed or sent
- получа́телка (polučátelka)person or organization to which something is addressed or sent
Catalan destinatari, destinatària
- destinatariperson or organization to which something is addressed or sent
- destinatàriaperson or organization to which something is addressed or sent
Chinese Mandarin 收件人
- 收件人 (shōujiànrén)person or organization to which something is addressed or sent
Czech příjemce, příjemkyně
- příjemceperson or organization to which something is addressed or sent
- příjemkyněperson or organization to which something is addressed or sent
- adresátperson or organization to which something is addressed or sent
- adresátkaperson or organization to which something is addressed or sent
Danish adressat
- adressatperson or organization to which something is addressed or sent
Dutch geadresseerde, adressaat
- geadresseerdeperson or organization to which something is addressed or sent
- adressaatperson or organization to which something is addressed or sent
Esperanto adresulo, adresito
- adresuloperson or organization to which something is addressed or sent
- adresitoperson or organization to which something is addressed or sent
- ricevontoperson or organization to which something is addressed or sent
Finnish vastaanottaja
- vastaanottajaperson or organization to which something is addressed or sent
French destinataire
- destinataireperson or organization to which something is addressed or sent
German Adressat, Adressatin
- Adressatperson or organization to which something is addressed or sent
- Adressatinperson or organization to which something is addressed or sent
- Empfängerperson or organization to which something is addressed or sent
- Empfängerinperson or organization to which something is addressed or sent
- Rezipientperson or organization to which something is addressed or sent
- Rezipientinperson or organization to which something is addressed or sent
Greek παραλήπτης, αποδέκτης
- παραλήπτης (paralíptis)person or organization to which something is addressed or sent
- αποδέκτης (apodéktis)person or organization to which something is addressed or sent
Hindi पानेवाला
- पानेवाला (pānevālā)person or organization to which something is addressed or sent
Hungarian címzett
- címzettperson or organization to which something is addressed or sent
Indonesian komunikan, penerima
- komunikanperson or organization to which something is addressed or sent
- penerimaperson or organization to which something is addressed or sent
Irish seolaí
- seolaíperson or organization to which something is addressed or sent
Italian destinatario, destinataria
- destinatarioperson or organization to which something is addressed or sent
- destinatariaperson or organization to which something is addressed or sent
Japanese 受取人, 受信人
- 受取人 (uketorinin)person or organization to which something is addressed or sent
- 受信人 (jushinnin)person or organization to which something is addressed or sent
Korean 수신인, 수취인
- 수신인 (susinin)person or organization to which something is addressed or sent
- 수취인 (suchwiin)person or organization to which something is addressed or sent
Latvian adresāts, adresāte
- adresātsperson or organization to which something is addressed or sent
- adresāteperson or organization to which something is addressed or sent
Norwegian Bokmål adressat
- adressatperson or organization to which something is addressed or sent
Polish adresat, adresatka
- adresatperson or organization to which something is addressed or sent
- adresatkaperson or organization to which something is addressed or sent
- odbiorcaperson or organization to which something is addressed or sent
- odbiorczyniperson or organization to which something is addressed or sent
- adresatgrammar term for words indicating who or what the speaker is addressing
Portuguese destinatário, destinatária
- destinatárioperson or organization to which something is addressed or sent
- destinatáriaperson or organization to which something is addressed or sent
- alocutárioperson or organization to which something is addressed or sent
Romanian destinatar, destinatară
- destinatarperson or organization to which something is addressed or sent
- destinatarăperson or organization to which something is addressed or sent
Russian адреса́т, адреса́тка
- адреса́т (adresát)person or organization to which something is addressed or sent
- адреса́тка (adresátka)person or organization to which something is addressed or sent
- получа́тель (polučátelʹ)person or organization to which something is addressed or sent
- получа́тельница (polučátelʹnica)person or organization to which something is addressed or sent
- обраще́ние (obraščénije)grammar term for words indicating who or what the speaker is addressing
Slovak príjemca, príjemkyňa
- príjemcaperson or organization to which something is addressed or sent
- príjemkyňaperson or organization to which something is addressed or sent
- adresátperson or organization to which something is addressed or sent
- adresátkaperson or organization to which something is addressed or sent
Spanish destinatario, consignatario
- destinatarioperson or organization to which something is addressed or sent
- consignatarioperson or organization to which something is addressed or sent
Swedish adressat
- adressatperson or organization to which something is addressed or sent
Turkish muhatap
- muhatapperson or organization to which something is addressed or sent
Ukrainian оде́ржувач, оде́ржувачка
- оде́ржувач (odéržuvač)person or organization to which something is addressed or sent
- оде́ржувачка (odéržuvačka)person or organization to which something is addressed or sent
- адреса́т (adresát)person or organization to which something is addressed or sent
- адреса́тка (adresátka)person or organization to which something is addressed or sent
Welsh derbynnydd
- derbynnyddperson or organization to which something is addressed or sent
Yiddish אַדרעסאַט
- אַדרעסאַט (adresat)person or organization to which something is addressed or sent
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APA
addressee. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/addressee
MLA
“addressee.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/addressee. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “addressee,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/addressee.
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