different between acceptant vs recipient

English

Etymology

accept +? -ant

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /æk.?s?p.t?nt/

Adjective

acceptant (comparative more acceptant, superlative most acceptant)

1. accepting; receiving.

Noun

acceptant (plural acceptants)

1. One who accepts something.

Catalan

Pronunciation

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /?k.s?p?tant/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /?k.s?p?tan/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /ak.sep?tant/

Verb

acceptant

1. present participle of acceptar

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ak.s?p.t??/

Verb

acceptant

1. present participle of accepter

Adjective

acceptant (feminine singular acceptante, masculine plural acceptants, feminine plural acceptantes)

1. acceptant

Latin

Verb

acceptant

1. third-person plural present active indicative of accept?

Swedish

Etymology

accept +? -ant, since 1669.

Noun

acceptant c

1. an accepter of a bill of exchange

Declension

References

• acceptant in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French récipient, from Latin recipi?ns, present participle of recipi? (“to receive”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???s?p.i.?nt/
• IPA^(key): /??.?s?.pi.?nt/

Noun

recipient (plural recipients)

1. One who receives.

   the recipient of money or goods

   My e-mail never reached the intended recipient.

2. (medicine) An individual receiving donor organs or tissues.
3. (chemistry) The portion of an alembic or other still in which the distilled liquid is collected.

Usage notes

"Recipient" is often reserved for the act of receiving such things as awards or medals. "receiver" is used for insignificant items.

Translations

Adjective

recipient (not comparable)

1. receiving

See also

• Still on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin recipiens, recipientem.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /r?.si.pi?ent/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /r?.si.pi?en/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /re.si.pi?ent/

Noun

recipient m (plural recipients)

1. recipient, container

Related terms

• rebre

Latin

Verb

recipient

1. third-person plural future active indicative of recipi?

Romanian

Etymology

From French récipient

Noun

recipient n (plural recipiente)

1. container

Declension