← All words
noun, masculine

récipient

/ʁe.si.pjɑ̃/

noun, masculine/ʁe.si.pjɑ̃/plural: récipients

container, vessel, recipient

Learned borrowing from Latin recipiēns, present participle of recipiō, from re- + capiō (“to catch”). Cognate with English recipient and Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish recipiente (“vessel”).