# receptor
## 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: /ɹɪˈsɛp.tə/
* (General American, Canada) IPA: /ɹɪˈsɛp.tɚ/
** Audio (US):(file)
* (General Australian) IPA: /ɹɪˈsep.tə/

### Noun

receptor (plural receptors)
* (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.
** 1609, William Barlow, Answer to a nameless Catholic's censure, page 13:The kind Receptors of the Fugitiues after the Detection.
** 1660, Virginia statue, The Statutes at Large, Virginia, published 1809, page 538:An act […] Against pyrats, their assistors or abettors, out-traidors or receptors, against breakers of the admirall's arrestments and attachments against goods forbidden,
* (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.
** 2001, Leslie Iversen, Drugs: A Very Short Introduction, Oxford, page 24:In the target organ, the drug is recognised by ‘receptors’. These are large molecules, usually proteins, to which the drug binds tightly and with a high degree of specificity.
** 2019 May 14, Moises Velasquez-Manoff, “Can CBD Really Do All That?”, in The New York Times Magazine‎:White blood cells of the immune system, the gut and the spleen also have another type of cannabinoid receptor, known as CB2.
* (biology) Any specialized cell or structure that responds to sensory stimuli.

#### Hyponyms

* acetylcholine receptor
* adrenergic receptor
* alpha-receptor
* aquareceptor
* beneceptor
* cannabinoid receptor
* chimeric antigen receptor
* co-receptor
* exteroceptor
* Fc receptor
* gasoreceptor
* glucocorticoid receptor
* hygroreceptor
* interoceptor
* J receptor
* juxtacapillary receptor
* mechanoreceptorial
* nicotinic acetylcholine receptor
* nociceptor
* opioid receptor
* orphan receptor
* photoreceptor
* proprioceptor
* purinergic receptor
* toll-like receptor

#### Derived terms

* angiotensin receptor blocker
* ceptor
* continuous erythropoietin receptor activator
* counterreceptor
* gasoreceptor
* postreceptor

#### Related terms

* effector

#### Translations
## Catalan
### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [rə.səpˈto]
* IPA: (Valencia) [re.sepˈtoɾ]

### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin receptōrius.

#### Adjective

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

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from Latin receptōrem.

#### Noun

receptor m (plural receptors)
* receptor

### Related terms

* rebre
* recepció

## Polish
### Etymology

Borrowed from English receptor.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /rɛˈt͡sɛp.tɔr/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ɛptɔr
* Syllabification: re‧cep‧tor

### Noun

receptor m pers
* (biochemistry, medicine) sensory receptor (protein on a cell wall that responds to sensory stimuli)
* (biology) receptor (any specialized cell or structure that responds to sensory stimuli)
* sensor (automatic warning device, sensitive to changes in certain physical quantities)
    Synonyms: czujka, czujnik, sensor

#### Derived terms

* receptorowy
* baroreceptor

### Further reading

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

## Portuguese
### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ʁe.se.piˈtoʁ/ [he.se.piˈtoh], /ʁe.sepˈtoʁ/ [he.sepˈtoh]
* (Brazil) IPA: /ʁe.se.piˈtoʁ/ [he.se.piˈtoh], /ʁe.sepˈtoʁ/ [he.sepˈtoh]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /ʁe.se.piˈtoɾ/ [he.se.piˈtoɾ], /ʁe.sepˈtoɾ/ [he.sepˈtoɾ]
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /ʁe.se.piˈtoʁ/ [χe.se.piˈtoχ], /ʁe.sepˈtoʁ/ [χe.sepˈtoχ]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ʁe.sepˈtoɻ/ [he.sepˈtoɻ], /ʁe.se.piˈtoɻ/ [he.se.piˈtoɻ]
* (Portugal) IPA: /ʁɨ.sɨˈptoɾ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ʁɨ.sɨˈptoɾ/
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /ʁɨ.sɨˈpto.ɾi/
* Hyphenation: re‧cep‧tor

### Adjective

receptor (feminine receptora, masculine plural receptores, feminine plural receptoras)
* Brazilian Portuguese standard spelling of recetor.

### Noun

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

#### Declension
### Noun

receptor n (plural receptoare)
* receiver

#### Declension
### Noun

receptor m (plural receptori)
* (medicine) receptor

#### Declension
## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Spain) /reθebˈtoɾ/ [re.θeβ̞ˈt̪oɾ]
* IPA: (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)
* receiving

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from Latin receptorius.

#### Noun

receptor m (plural receptores)
* receiver, receptor, recipient
* (baseball) catcher

##### Related terms

* recepción
* receptáculo
* receptar
* recibir

### 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