different between recipe vs recipelike

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

recipe +? -like

Adjective

recipelike (comparative more recipelike, superlative most recipelike)

1. Like a recipe; consisting of formulaic steps.