"consignee" meaning in English

See consignee in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˌkɒn.saɪˈniː/ Forms: consignees [plural]
Etymology: From consign + -ee. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|consign|ee}} consign + -ee Head templates: {{en-noun}} consignee (plural consignees)
  1. The person to whom a shipment is to be delivered. Translations (The person to whom a shipment is to be delivered): получа́тел (polučátel) [masculine] (Bulgarian), 收貨人 (Chinese Mandarin), 收货人 (shōuhuòrén) (Chinese Mandarin), 收件人 (shōujiànrén) (Chinese Mandarin), příjemce [masculine] (Czech), adresát [masculine] (Czech), adresito (Esperanto), saaja (Finnish), vastaanottaja (Finnish), destinataire [feminine, masculine] (French), consignataire [feminine, masculine] (French), Empfänger [masculine] (German), Adressat [masculine] (German), παραλήπτης (paralíptis) [masculine] (Greek), 引受人 (hikiukenin) (alt: ひきうけにん) (Japanese), 荷受人 (niukenin) (alt: にうけにん) (Japanese), 受託者 (jutakusha) (alt: じゅたくしゃ) (Japanese), odbiorca [masculine] (Polish), destinatário [masculine] (Portuguese), получа́тель (polučátelʹ) [masculine] (Russian), адреса́т (adresát) (alt: гру́за) [masculine] (Russian), destinatario [masculine] (Spanish), alıcı (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-consignee-en-noun-HBtCZP-q Categories (other): Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Portuguese translations Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 66 34 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 66 34 Disambiguation of 'The person to whom a shipment is to be delivered': 96 4
  2. One to whom anything is consigned or entrusted. Categories (topical): People
    Sense id: en-consignee-en-noun-LlwRvBKJ Disambiguation of People: 0 100 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -ee, Pages with 1 entry, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Turkish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 17 83 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 19 81 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ee: 22 78 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 11 89 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 24 76 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 18 82 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 24 76 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 22 78 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 25 75 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 24 76 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 18 82 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 24 76 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 27 73 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 18 82 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 11 89 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 22 78
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: consignment, consignor

Inflected forms

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