récipient

== French == === Etymology === 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”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ʁe.si.pjɑ̃/ === Noun === récipient m (plural récipients) container, vessel, recipient ==== Related terms ==== réception (“reception”) recevoir (“receive”) === Further reading === “récipient”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012