recipiente

/reθiˈpjente/ · B2 · adj

vessel, container

🫙 re-ceive + -iente: a thing that receives, so it holds what you put in

From Latin recipiens, 'receiving' (re- + capere, to take). A recipiente is literally the thing that takes in contents. Spanish 'recibir' (receive) shares the root, and English 'recipient' is its cousin.

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