recipe is the word Italians use for both recipeas in the list of instructions for preparing a dish, and prescriptionas directed by a physician so that the patient may receive medication or treatment.
Curiously, in the 16th century, the word recipe Used in Late Middle English to refer to medical prescriptions.it entered english through french recipethis again from latin recipe Means “take!” or “received!” (this word written by doctor on prescription header). The word only started to take on the modern meaning of “food preparation instructions” in the early 1700s, and the older meaning exists only in abbreviated form prescriptiona formal communication from a physician authorizing them to dispense a specific drug to a patient.
recipe is a feminine noun in Italian, so it carries the following definite and indefinite articles:
- recipe = Recipes/Prescriptions
- recipe = Recipes/Prescriptions
- a prescription = Recipes/Prescriptions
- (the) recipe = (some) recipes/prescriptions
I follow the recipe exactly.
I follow the recipe exactly.
I went to the pharmacy to get a prescription.
I went to the pharmacy to get a prescription.
recipe can also be used figuratively solution, remedy or fix one question. For example, “antidote to boredom” can be translated as Tips for Fighting Boredom In Italian.An expression sometimes seen in newspapers is Recipe for Crisis Elimination (literally “remedy for a crisis”) means “Solutions for Recession“.
Notice recipe When used in the medical sense it can also be called prescription.
