receptor

English Online Dictionary. What means receptor‎? What does receptor mean?

English

Etymology

From Middle English receptour, from Old French receptour or Latin receptōrius, from recipiō (“receive”), from re- (“back”) + capiō (“I hold”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ɹɪˈsɛp.tə/
• (General American, Canada) IPA^(key): /ɹɪˈsɛp.tɚ/
• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /ɹɪˈsep.tə/

Noun

receptor (plural receptors)

1. (obsolete) One who receives something or someone; in particular, one who harbors a fugitive.

   Coordinate terms: receiptor, resetter

   • 1585, Fleetwood, in 1824, Henry Ellis, Original letters, illustrative of English history, page 297:

     […] fewe that were there did spend the same daie abowte the searchinge out of sundrye that were receptors of ffelons, where we fownd a greate manye aswell in London, Westminster, Sowthwarke, as in all other places abowte the same.
2. (biochemistry, medicine) A protein on a cell wall that binds with specific molecules so that they can be absorbed into the cell in order to control certain functions.
3. (biology) Any specialized cell or structure that responds to sensory stimuli.

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Derived terms

Related terms

• effector

Translations

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [rə.səpˈto]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [re.sepˈtoɾ]

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin receptōrius.

Adjective

receptor (feminine receptora, masculine plural receptors, feminine plural receptores)

1. receptive

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Latin receptōrem.

Noun

receptor m (plural receptors)

1. receptor

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Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from English receptor.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rɛˈt͡sɛp.tɔr/
• Rhymes: -ɛptɔr
• Syllabification: re‧cep‧tor

Noun

receptor m pers

1. (biochemistry, medicine) sensory receptor (protein on a cell wall that responds to sensory stimuli)
2. (biology) receptor (any specialized cell or structure that responds to sensory stimuli)
3. sensor (automatic warning device, sensitive to changes in certain physical quantities)

   Synonyms: czujka, czujnik, sensor

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Derived terms

Further reading

• receptor in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• receptor in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: re‧cep‧tor

Adjective

receptor (feminine receptora, masculine plural receptores, feminine plural receptoras)

1. Brazilian Portuguese standard spelling of recetor.

Noun

receptor m (plural receptores, feminine receptora, feminine plural receptoras)

1. Brazilian Portuguese standard spelling of recetor.

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French récepteur.

Adjective

receptor m or n (feminine singular receptoare, masculine plural receptori, feminine and neuter plural receptoare)

1. receiving

Declension

Noun

receptor n (plural receptoare)

1. receiver

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Noun

receptor m (plural receptori)

1. (medicine) receptor

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /reθebˈtoɾ/ [re.θeβ̞ˈt̪oɾ]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /resebˈtoɾ/ [re.seβ̞ˈt̪oɾ]
• Rhymes: -oɾ
• Syllabification: re‧cep‧tor

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin receptorius.

Adjective

receptor (feminine receptora, masculine plural receptores, feminine plural receptoras)

1. receiving

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Latin receptorius.

Noun

receptor m (plural receptores)

1. receiver, receptor, recipient
2. (baseball) catcher

Related terms

Further reading

• “receptor”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10