different between recipe vs product

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French récipé, from Latin recipe, second person singular imperative of Latin recipi? (“receive”). Compare receipt.

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /???s.?.pi/, /???s.?.pi/

Noun

recipe (plural recipes)

1. (medicine, archaic) A formula for preparing or using a medicine; a prescription; also, a medicine prepared from such instructions. [from 16th c.]
2. Any set of instructions for preparing a mixture of ingredients. [from 17th c.]
3. By extension, a plan or procedure to obtain a given end result; a prescription. [from 17th c.]

4. Now especially, a set of instructions for making or preparing food dishes. [from 18th c.]
5. A set of conditions and parameters of an industrial process to obtain a given result.

Translations

Anagrams

• Peirce, Pierce, piecer, pierce

Interlingua

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /re?tsi.pe/

Verb

recipe

1. present of reciper
2. imperative of reciper

Latin

Verb

recipe

1. second-person singular present active imperative of recipi?

References

• recipe in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin pr?ductus, perfect participle of pr?d?c?, first attested in English in the mathematics sense.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?p??d.?kt/, /?p??d.?kt/
• (General American) enPR: pr?d??kt, IPA^(key): /?p??d.?kt/, /?p??d.?kt/
• Hyphenation: prod?uct
• Rhymes: -?kt

Noun

product (countable and uncountable, plural products)

1. (countable, uncountable) A commodity offered for sale.

   Synonyms: merchandise, wares, goods

2. (cosmetics, uncountable) Any preparation to be applied to the hair, skin, nails, etc.

3. Anything that is produced; a result.
   1. The amount of an artifact that has been created by someone or some process.

      Synonyms: endwork, production, output, creation, yield

   2. A consequence of someone's efforts or of a particular set of circumstances.

   3. (chemistry) A chemical substance formed as a result of a chemical reaction.

   5. (arithmetic) A quantity obtained by multiplication of two or more numbers.

   6. (mathematics) Any operation or a result thereof which generalises multiplication of numbers, like the multiplicative operation in a ring, product of types or a categorical product.
   7. Any tangible or intangible good or service that is a result of a process and that is intended for delivery to a customer or end user.
4. (US, slang) Illegal drugs, especially cocaine, when viewed as a commodity.

Usage notes

• Adjectives often applied to "product": excellent, good, great, inferior, crappy, broken, defective, cheap, expensive, reliable, safe, dangerous, useful, valuable, useless, domestic, national, agricultural, industrial, financial.

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Translations

See also

• addition, summation: (augend) + (addend) = (summand) + (summand) = (sum, total)
• subtraction: (minuend) ? (subtrahend) = (difference)
• multiplication: (multiplier) × (multiplicand) = (factor) × (factor) = (product)
• division: (dividend) ÷ (divisor) = (quotient), remainder left over if divisor does not divide dividend

Verb

product (third-person singular simple present products, present participle producting, simple past and past participle producted)

1. (transitive, obsolete) To produce.
   • 1651, The Touchstone of Common Assurances (page 498)

     The probate of a Testament is the producting and insinuating of it before the Ecclesiastical Judge […]

Dutch

Alternative forms

• (before 1996) produkt

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin pr?ductum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pro??d?kt/
• Hyphenation: pro?duct
• Rhymes: -?kt

Noun

product n (plural producten, diminutive productje n)

1. product

Derived terms

Descendants

• Afrikaans: produk
• ? Indonesian: produk