Recipe

English

Noun

Recipe (plural Recipes)

1. (medicine, archaic) A formula for preparing or using a medicine; a prescription; also, a medicine prepared from such instructions.
2. Any set of instructions for preparing a mixture of ingredients.
3. By extension, a plan or procedure to obtain a given end result.

   His new approach is definitely a recipe for success.

4. Now especially, a set of instructions for making or preparing food dishes.

Verbs for Recipe

adhere to—; attempt—; clip—; commend—; devise—; follow—; interpret—; necessitate —; refer to—; scan—; seek—; study—; — acquaints; —eases; —edifies; —enlightens; —guides; —informs; —prevents; —satisfies; —suggests.

Thesaurus

MO, aid, alterative, analeptic, approach, assistance, balm, balsam, corrective, cure, form, formula, formulary, healing agent, healing quality, help, means, method, modus operandi, plan, prescription, procedure, receipt, relief, remedial measure, remedy, restorative, sovereign remedy, specific, specific remedy, succor, system, technique, way

Etymology

From Latin recipiō (“receive”). Compare receipt.

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA: /ˈɹɛs.ɪ.pi/, /ˈɹɛs.ə.pi/

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Translations

instructions for making or preparing food dishes

Albanian: please add this translation if you can Arabic: وصفة (wáSfa) f. Armenian: please add this translation if you can Chinese: trad. 烹飪法, simpl. 烹饪法 (pinyin: pēngrènfǎ), trad. 烹調法, simpl. 烹调法 (pinyin: pēngtiáofǎ) Czech: recept (cs) m. Dutch: recept (nl) n. Esperanto: recepto (eo) Estonian: retsept (et) Finnish: resepti (fi), ruokaresepti (fi) French: recette (fr) f. Georgian: რეცეპტი (ka) (rec'epti) German: Rezept (de) n., Kochrezept (de) n. Greek: συνταγή (el) (syntagí) f. Hebrew: מתכון (he) (matkón) m., רצפט (he) (retzépt) m. Hindi: please add this translation if you can Hungarian: recept (hu) Interlingua: recepta Irish: oideas (ga) m. Italian: ricetta (it) f.

Japanese: 調理手順 (ja) (chōritejun), レシピ (ja) (resipi) Korean: 처방 (cheobang), 레시피 (ko) Latin: praeceptum (la) n. Latvian: recepte (lv) f. Lithuanian: receptas (lt) m. Macedonian: рецепт (mk) (recépt) m. Norwegian: oppskrift (no) Polish: przepis (pl) m. Portuguese: receita (pt) f. Romanian: reteta f. Russian: рецепт (ru) (retsépt) m. Spanish: receta (es) f. Swedish: recept (sv) n. Thai: please add this translation if you can Turkish: reçete (tr) Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can Volapük: rezäp Welsh: resipi (cy) f.

Anagrams

• pierce, Pierce

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Interlingua

Verb

recipe

1. present of reciper
2. imperative of reciper

Pronunciation

• IPA: /reˈtsi.pe/

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Latin

Verb

recipe

1. second-person singular present active imperative of recipiō
   1. "take thou back"
   2. "receive thou"