receptaculum

Meaning

1. (declension-2) A place to keep things in; reservoir, receptacle, repository, container.
2. (declension-2) A place of refuge, lurking-place, shelter, retreat.

Concepts

container

coffin

⚰️

gearbox

package

📦

receptacle

vessel

bottle bank

box

📦

container, ferry, vessel, vat, trough, tub, manger

Synonyms

capsa

📦

olla

Translations

Behälter

contenitore

recipiente

kap

recipiente

contenidor

récipient

Behältnis

Gefäß

Kiste

δοχείο

εμπορευματοκιβώτιο

κοντέινερ

Zober, Mulde, Jucks, Kasten, Truhe, Zuber, Trog

Pronounced as (IPA)

[rɛ.kɛpˈtaː.kʊ.ɫũː]

Etymology

From receptō (“I recover, harbor”) (stem receptā-) + -culum (suffix creating nouns describing the tool or agent for effecting an action), frequentative of recipiō (“I receive; I reserve”) (past participle receptus (“recovered”)), from re- (“back, again”) + capiō (“I hold”).