recipe en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈɹɛs.ə.pi/ (British, Canada, General-American, Southern, Standard)
- /-pi/ (Scotland)
- /-pɪ/ (Scotland)
- /ˈɹɛs.ɪ.pi/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /ˈɹɛs.ɪ.pi/ (British, Canada, General-American, Southern, Standard)
- (California) audio
- /ˈɹes.ə.pi/ (Australia, New-Zealand)
- /ˈɾɛsɪpe/ (Scotland)
- /ˈɾɛsɪpi/ (Wales)
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French récipé, from Latin recipe, second person singular imperative of Latin recipiō (“receive”).
Meanings
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(archaic) A formula for preparing or using a medicine; a prescription; also, a medicine prepared from such instructions.
As the world's drug habit shows, governments are failing in their quest to monitor every London window-box and Andean hillside for banned plants. But even that Sisyphean task looks easy next to the fight against synthetic drugs. No sooner has a drug been blacklisted than chemists adjust their recipe and start churning out a subtly different one.
2013 August 10, “A new prescription”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8848:
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Any set of instructions for preparing a mixture of ingredients.
[Isaac Newton] was obsessed with alchemy. He spent hours copying alchemical recipes and trying to replicate them in his laboratory. He believed that the Bible contained numerological codes. The truth is that Newton was very much a product of his time.
2014 June 21, “Magician’s brain”, in The Economist, volume 411, number 8892:
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(broadly) A plan or procedure to obtain a given end result; a prescription.
His new approach is definitely a recipe for success.
- Now especially, a set of instructions for making or preparing food dishes.
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A set of conditions and parameters of an industrial process to obtain a given result.
Stepper recipes.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| recipes | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
recipe book · recipe for disaster · recipe box · love recipe · recipeless · recipelike · recipe dish · secret recipe
Descendants
Synonyms
Translations (125)
vec riseta (instructions for making or preparing food dishes) · pl recepta (plan or procedure to obtain a given end result) · he רֶצֶפְּט (instructions for making or preparing food dishes) · dv ރެސިޕީ (instructions for making or preparing food dishes) · id resep (instructions for making or preparing food dishes) · sq recetë (instructions for making or preparing food dishes) · mn жор (instructions for making or preparing food dishes) · vi công thức nấu ăn (instructions for making or preparing food dishes) · ru реце́пт (plan or procedure to obtain a given end result) · ja 作り方 (instructions for making or preparing food dishes) · vec rizheta (instructions for making or preparing food dishes) · tkl faiga o te meakai (instructions for making or preparing food dishes) · zu isu (instructions for making or preparing food dishes) · sv recept (instructions for making or preparing food dishes) · ru ме́тод (plan or procedure to obtain a given end result) · it ricetta (instructions for making or preparing food dishes) · ro rețetă (instructions for making or preparing food dishes) · yue 食譜 /食谱 (instructions for making or preparing food dishes) · io recepto (instructions for making or preparing food dishes) · vo rezäp (instructions for making or preparing food dishes) · af resep (instructions for making or preparing food dishes) · gd reasabaidh (instructions for making or preparing food dishes) · pl przepis (plan or procedure to obtain a given end result) · bn রেসিপি (instructions for making or preparing food dishes) · tr yemek tarifi (instructions for making or preparing food dishes) · sh рѐцепт (instructions for making or preparing food dishes) · be рэцэ́пт (instructions for making or preparing food dishes) · ky рецепт (instructions for making or preparing food dishes) · cmn 烹飪法 /烹饪法 (instructions for making or preparing food dishes) · es receta (plan or procedure to obtain a given end result) · tl resipi (instructions for making or preparing food dishes) · mt riċetta (instructions for making or preparing food dishes) · az resept (instructions for making or preparing food dishes) · th สูตร (instructions for making or preparing food dishes) · ast receta (instructions for making or preparing food dishes) · gl receita (instructions for making or preparing food dishes) · tt рецепт (instructions for making or preparing food dishes) · vec rèpese (instructions for making or preparing food dishes) · ga oideas (instructions for making or preparing food dishes) · ar وَصْفَة (instructions for making or preparing food dishes) · ia recepta (instructions for making or preparing food dishes) · nl recept (instructions for making or preparing food dishes) · mk реце́пт (instructions for making or preparing food dishes) · ko 레시피 (instructions for making or preparing food dishes) · el συνταγή (instructions for making or preparing food dishes) · km សូទសាស្ត្រ (instructions for making or preparing food dishes) · tg ресепт (instructions for making or preparing food dishes) · es receta (instructions for making or preparing food dishes) · ms resipi (instructions for making or preparing food dishes) · fa-ira دَسْتورِ غِذاء (instructions for making or preparing food dishes) · bn রন্ধনশৈলী (instructions for making or preparing food dishes) · vi công thức (instructions for making or preparing food dishes) · ur تَرْکِیب (instructions for making or preparing food dishes) · eo recepto (instructions for making or preparing food dishes) · ko 료리법 (instructions for making or preparing food dishes) · ko 조리법 (instructions for making or preparing food dishes) · tr tarif (instructions for making or preparing food dishes) · vec rèpise (instructions for making or preparing food dishes) · nrf èrchette (instructions for making or preparing food dishes) · sh rècept (instructions for making or preparing food dishes) · cmn 食譜 /食谱 (instructions for making or preparing food dishes) · de Rezept (instructions for making or preparing food dishes) · da recept (instructions for making or preparing food dishes) · ja 調理手順 (instructions for making or preparing food dishes) · hu recept (instructions for making or preparing food dishes) · fur rècipe (instructions for making or preparing food dishes) · kk ресеп (instructions for making or preparing food dishes) · he מַתְכּוֹן (instructions for making or preparing food dishes) · vec receta (instructions for making or preparing food dishes) · ms resepi (instructions for making or preparing food dishes) · de Backrezept (instructions for making or preparing food dishes) · bg реце́пта (instructions for making or preparing food dishes) · pt receita (instructions for making or preparing food dishes) · bg спо́соб (plan or procedure to obtain a given end result) · uk реце́пт (plan or procedure to obtain a given end result) · hi रेसिपी (instructions for making or preparing food dishes) · la praeceptum (instructions for making or preparing food dishes) · da opskrift (instructions for making or preparing food dishes) · mi tohutohu tao kai (instructions for making or preparing food dishes) · tg дастур (instructions for making or preparing food dishes) · mi tohutaka (instructions for making or preparing food dishes) · lv recepte (instructions for making or preparing food dishes) · mn хоолны жор (instructions for making or preparing food dishes) · pdt Rezapt (instructions for making or preparing food dishes) · ko 처방 (instructions for making or preparing food dishes) · fi resepti (instructions for making or preparing food dishes) · sk recept (instructions for making or preparing food dishes) · tk resept (instructions for making or preparing food dishes) · fur ricete (instructions for making or preparing food dishes) · hi पकवान विधि (instructions for making or preparing food dishes) · lt receptas (instructions for making or preparing food dishes) · kw receyt (instructions for making or preparing food dishes) · ja 料理法 (instructions for making or preparing food dishes) · uk реце́пт (instructions for making or preparing food dishes) · ug رېتسېپ (instructions for making or preparing food dishes) · cs recept (instructions for making or preparing food dishes) · ru спо́соб (plan or procedure to obtain a given end result) · hy բաղադրատոմս (instructions for making or preparing food dishes) · ja 調理法 (instructions for making or preparing food dishes) · lad recheta (instructions for making or preparing food dishes) · ja レシピ (instructions for making or preparing food dishes) · ml പാചകവിധി (instructions for making or preparing food dishes) · bn রেসিপি (plan or procedure to obtain a given end result) · cy rysáit (instructions for making or preparing food dishes) · mi tohutao (instructions for making or preparing food dishes) · is uppskrift (instructions for making or preparing food dishes) · pl przepis (instructions for making or preparing food dishes) · ka რეცეპტი (instructions for making or preparing food dishes) · ca recepta (instructions for making or preparing food dishes) · fa-ira دَسْتورِ غَذاء (instructions for making or preparing food dishes) · zu iresiphi (instructions for making or preparing food dishes) · ko 요리법 (instructions for making or preparing food dishes) · et retsept (instructions for making or preparing food dishes) · fr recette (instructions for making or preparing food dishes) · yi רעצעפּט (instructions for making or preparing food dishes) · tg дастуруламал (instructions for making or preparing food dishes) · fi ruokaresepti (instructions for making or preparing food dishes) · de Rezept (plan or procedure to obtain a given end result) · fa-ira دَسْتورِ پُخْت (instructions for making or preparing food dishes) · ru реце́пт (instructions for making or preparing food dishes) · sl recept (instructions for making or preparing food dishes) · de Kochrezept (instructions for making or preparing food dishes) · uz retsept (instructions for making or preparing food dishes) · nb oppskrift (instructions for making or preparing food dishes) · cmn 烹調法 /烹调法 (instructions for making or preparing food dishes)