recipe

A2 Topic:Cooking & Baking

US /ˈɹɛs.ɪ.pi/ See IPA manual

Freq #5242

Meanings

1

noun
A set of instructions for cooking or preparing a dish.

This is my grandmother's recipe for apple pie.
2

noun
A way of getting a particular result; a method or plan.

His new approach is a recipe for success.

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Synonyms

1 noun · a set of instructions for... formula

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Word family

Forms recipes

Derived forms recipelessrecipelike

Simplified etymology

Recipe dates from Middle English and comes from a Latin form meaning ‘take’, related to capere ‘take or hold’.

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French récipé, from Latin recipe, second person singular imperative of Latin recipiō (“receive”). Doublet of recept and receipt.

*keh₂p- Proto-Indo-European récipé Middle French recipe Latin recipiō Latin

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Topics

Cooking & Baking Food & Drink

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# recipe

**Type:** Word
**Level:** A2
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /ˈɹɛs.ɪ.pi/
**Frequency rank:** 5242

## Meanings
1. A set of instructions for cooking or preparing a dish.
2. A way of getting a particular result; a method or plan.

## Examples
- This is my grandmother's recipe for apple pie.
- His new approach is a recipe for success.

## Synonyms
- receipt

## Derived Forms
- recipeless
- recipelike

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: *keh₂p-
- Root: récipé
- Root: recipe
- Root: recipiō

## Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French récipé, from Latin recipe, second person singular imperative of Latin recipiō (“receive”). Doublet of recept and receipt.

## AI Etymology
Recipe is borrowed from Middle French récipé, from Latin recipe, second person singular imperative of Latin recipiō (“receive”). Doublet of recept and receipt. Modern senses include a set of instructions for cooking or preparing a dish. and a way of getting a particular result; a method or plan.. The wider word family includes derivatives such as recipeless and recipelike.

## Topics
- Cooking & Baking
- Food & Drink

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