English Online Dictionary. What means recipe? What does recipe mean?
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French récipé, from Latin recipe, second person singular imperative of Latin recipiō (“receive”). Doublet of recept and receipt.
Pronunciation
- (UK, US) IPA(key): /ˈɹɛs.ɪ.pi/, /ˈɹɛs.ə.pi/
Noun
recipe (plural recipes)
- (medicine, archaic) A formula for preparing or using a medicine; a prescription; also, a medicine prepared from such instructions. [from 16th c.]
- Any set of instructions for preparing a mixture of ingredients. [from 17th c.]
- (by extension) A plan or procedure to obtain a given end result; a prescription. [from 17th c.]
- Now especially, a set of instructions for making or preparing food dishes. [from 18th c.]
- A set of conditions and parameters of an industrial process to obtain a given result.
Synonyms
- receipt (archaic)
Derived terms
Descendants
- → Japanese: レシピ (reshipi)
Translations
Anagrams
- Peirce, Pierce, piecer, pierce
Interlingua
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /reˈtsi.pe/
Verb
recipe
- present of reciper
- imperative of reciper
Latin
Alternative forms
- ℞, Rx, r.
Verb
recipe
- second-person singular present active imperative of recipiō
References
- recipe in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)