addressee
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addressee
- /ˌædɹɛˈsiː/
Rhymes with -iː
noun addressees
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The person or organization to which something, such as a letter or message, is addressed or sent, for whom the item is intended.
Similar: recipient
- A person or entity to whom discourse is directed, or the words referring to such an entity. Person is a grammatical property which is overtly manifested in so-called Personal Pronouns: forms which include the speaker (I/we) are said to be ‘first personʼ Pronouns; forms which include the addressee (you) and not the speaker are said to be ‘second personʼ Pronouns; while forms which exclude b
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noun person or organization to which something is addressed or sent
| Español | destinatario, consignatario |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 수신인 susinin, 수취인 suchwiin |
| 日本語 | 受取人 uketorinin, 受信人 jushinnin |
| 中文 | 收件人 shōujiànrén |
| हिन्दी | पानेवाला pānevālā |
| Português | destinatário, destinatária, alocutário |
| Français | destinataire |
| Deutsch | Adressat, Adressatin, Empfänger, Empfängerin, Rezipient, Rezipientin |
| Italiano | destinatario, destinataria |
| Ελληνικά | παραλήπτης paralíptis, αποδέκτης apodéktis |
| Română | destinatar, destinatară |
| Русский | адреса́т adresát, адреса́тка adresátka, получа́тель polučátelʹ, получа́тельница polučátelʹnica |
| العربية | مُسْتَلِم mustalim, مُسْتَلِمَة mustalima, مُرْسَل إِلَيْهِ mursal ʔilayhi |
noun grammar term for words indicating who or what the speaker is addressing
| Русский | обраще́ние obraščénije |
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Talk about this word "addressee." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/addressee. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. addressee. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/addressee "addressee." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/addressee.Cite this
@misc{addressee_2026,
title = {addressee},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/addressee},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
