Meanings
nounrecipient (plural recipients)
plural recipients
- One who receives.
the recipient of money or goods
2 more examples
My e-mail never reached the intended recipient.
And it [bribery and fraud] didn't stop there. Both Sir Winston Churchill and later Labour leader Michael Foot were allegedly regular recipients of private cheques that would have seen them summarily sacked in this present age of transparency.
2023 March 8, Howard Johnston, “Was Marples the real railway wrecker?”, in RAIL, number 978, page 52Synonyms: addressee
- medicineA person receiving donor organs or tissues.
adjectiverecipient (not comparable)
- not comparablereceiving
Synonyms & antonyms
nounOne who receives.
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nounthe semantic role of the animate entity that is passively involved in the happening denoted by the verb in the clause
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recipient role
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semantic roleparticipant role
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Latinrecipiēns
- Middle Frenchrécipient
- Englishrecipient
Borrowed from Middle French récipient, from Latin recipiēns, present participle of recipiō (“to receive”).
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Arabic مُسْتَلِم, مُسْتَلِمَة
- مُسْتَلِم (mustalim)one who receives
- مُسْتَلِمَة (mustalima)one who receives
- مُتَسَلِّم (mutasallim)one who receives
- مُتَسَلِّمَة (mutasallima)one who receives
- مُتَلَقِّيّ (mutalaqqiyy)one who receives
- مُتَلَقِّيَّة (mutalaqqiyya)one who receives
Bulgarian получа́тел, получа́телка
- получа́тел (polučátel)one who receives
- получа́телка (polučátelka)one who receives
- приемник (priemnik)person receiving donor organs or tissues
Chinese Mandarin 收件人, 接受者
- 收件人 (shōujiànrén)one who receives
- 接受者 (jiēshòuzhě)one who receives
- 收貨人 /收货人 (shōuhuòrén)one who receives
- 器官受贈者 /器官受赠者 (qìguān shòuzèng zhě)person receiving donor organs or tissues
- 接收器 (jiēshōuqì)the portion of an alembic or other still in which the distilled liquid is collected
Czech příjemce, příjemkyně
- příjemceone who receives
- příjemkyněone who receives
Danish modtager
- modtagerone who receives
Dutch ontvanger, ontvangster
- ontvangerone who receives
- ontvangsterone who receives
- ontvangerperson receiving donor organs or tissues
- ontvangsterperson receiving donor organs or tissues
Estonian saaja
- saajaone who receives
Finnish vastaanottaja, vastaanottaja
- vastaanottajaone who receives
- vastaanottajaperson receiving donor organs or tissues
- tislekolvithe portion of an alembic or other still in which the distilled liquid is collected
French receveur, receveuse
- receveurone who receives
- receveuseone who receives
- destinataireone who receives
- récipiendaireone who receives
- personne grefféeperson receiving donor organs or tissues
German Empfänger, Empfängerin
- Empfängerone who receives
- Empfängerinone who receives
- Empfängerperson receiving donor organs or tissues
Greek παραλήπτης, αποδέκτης
- παραλήπτης (paralíptis)one who receives
- αποδέκτης (apodéktis)one who receives
- δέκτης (déktis)person receiving donor organs or tissues
- δοχείο (docheío)the portion of an alembic or other still in which the distilled liquid is collected
Hebrew מְקַבֵּל, נמען
- מְקַבֵּל (mekabél)one who receives
- נמען (nim'án)one who receives
Hindi प्राप्तकर्ता, लाभार्थी
- प्राप्तकर्ता (prāptakartā)one who receives
- लाभार्थी (lābhārthī)one who receives
- आदाता (ādātā)one who receives
- ग्रहीता (grahītā)one who receives
- आदाता (ādātā)person receiving donor organs or tissues
- लाभार्थी (lābhārthī)person receiving donor organs or tissues
Hungarian fogadó, átvevő
- fogadóone who receives
- átvevőone who receives
- címzettone who receives
- befogadóperson receiving donor organs or tissues
Icelandic móttakandi
- móttakandione who receives
Indonesian penerima
- penerimaone who receives
Irish faighteoir
- faighteoirone who receives
Italian destinatario, beneficiario
- destinatarioone who receives
- beneficiarioone who receives
- riceventeperson receiving donor organs or tissues
- recipientethe portion of an alembic or other still in which the distilled liquid is collected
Japanese 受取人, レシピエント
- 受取人 (uketorinin)one who receives
- レシピエント (reshipiento)person receiving donor organs or tissues
Korean 수취인, 받는 사람
- 수취인 (suchwiin)one who receives
- 받는 사람 (banneun saram)one who receives
- 수신인 (susinin)one who receives
Latin acceptor, acceptrix
- acceptorone who receives
- acceptrixone who receives
Latvian saņēmējs, saņēmēja
- saņēmējsone who receives
- saņēmējaone who receives
Lithuanian gavėjas, gavėja
- gavėjasone who receives
- gavėjaone who receives
Malay penerima
- penerimaone who receives
Māori kaiwhiwhi
- kaiwhiwhione who receives
Norwegian Bokmål mottaker
- mottakerone who receives
Polish odbiorca, odbiorczyni
- odbiorcaone who receives
- odbiorczynione who receives
- biorcaone who receives
- biorcaperson receiving donor organs or tissues
Portuguese receptor, destinatário
- receptorone who receives
- destinatárioone who receives
- receptorperson receiving donor organs or tissues
Romanian destinatar, destinatară
- destinatarone who receives
- destinatarăone who receives
Russian получа́тель, получа́тельница
- получа́тель (polučátelʹ)one who receives
- получа́тельница (polučátelʹnica)one who receives
- реципие́нт (recipiént)one who receives
- реципие́нтка (recipiéntka)one who receives
Slovak príjemca, príjemkyňa
- príjemcaone who receives
- príjemkyňaone who receives
Spanish adjudicatario, destinatario
- adjudicatarioone who receives
- destinatarioone who receives
- recipienteone who receives
- recipienteperson receiving donor organs or tissues
- recipientethe portion of an alembic or other still in which the distilled liquid is collected
- recipienteTranslations
Swedish mottagare, mottagare
- mottagareone who receives
- mottagareperson receiving donor organs or tissues
- organmottagareperson receiving donor organs or tissues
Thai ผู้รับ
- ผู้รับ (pûu-ráp)one who receives
Turkish alıcı
- alıcıone who receives
Ukrainian оде́ржувач, оде́ржувачка
- оде́ржувач (odéržuvač)one who receives
- оде́ржувачка (odéržuvačka)one who receives
Urdu یابِنْدَہ, وُصُول کُنِنْدَہ
- یابِنْدَہ (yābinda)one who receives
- وُصُول کُنِنْدَہ (vusūl kuninda)one who receives
- گِیرِنْدَہ (gīrinda)one who receives
Vietnamese người nhận
- người nhậnone who receives
Yiddish באַקומער
- באַקומער (bakumer)one who receives
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Cite this entry
APA
recipient. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/recipient
MLA
“recipient.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/recipient. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “recipient,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/recipient.
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