Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

recipient

/ɹəˈsɪp.i.ənt/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.94 in modern English

Syllables
re-cip-i-ent
IPA
/ɹəˈsɪp.i.ənt/
13
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
4
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

One who receives.

noun

A person receiving donor organs or tissues.

noun

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

adj

receiving

Example Sentences

Etymology

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

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: *keh₂p-, récipient, recipiēns

Inflected Forms

recipients (plural)

Derived Forms

corecipient geniculorecipient multirecipient nonrecipient recipientship retinorecipient subrecipient

Frequently Paired Words

receiving receive

Synonyms

addressee accepter accipient acquirer getter obtainer procurer receiver recipient securer

Antonyms

giver

Rhymes With

incipient percipient

Questions

How do you pronounce recipient?
The recorded pronunciation is /ɹəˈsɪp.i.ənt/.
What does recipient mean?
One who receives.
Where does recipient come from?
It is traced to Middle French.

How to pronounce recipient

  1. Open the pronunciation page — Open the Speakur entry for “recipient”.
  2. Read the phonetic spelling — Read the IPA spelling (/ɹəˈsɪp.i.ənt/) so you know which sounds to aim for.
  3. Play the audio — Click Play to hear reference audio for “recipient”.
  4. Repeat and practice — Say “recipient” aloud, matching stress and vowels until it feels natural.