reçu
French, noun/ʁə.sy/
reçu is a French masculine noun meaning “receipt” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of recevoir. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Quittance sous seing privé, par laquelle on reconnaît avoir reçu une somme”.
What does reçu mean in English?
adjective
- 1
accomplished
noun
- 1
masculinereceipt
verb
- 1
past participle of recevoir
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui est admis, établi, consacré.
noun: 1. Quittance sous seing privé, par laquelle on reconnaît avoir reçu une somme. 2. Écrit par lequel on reconnaît avoir reçu quelque chose.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of reçu
- reçue feminine
- reçus masculine plural
- reçues feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce reçu?
- /ʁə.sy/
- \ʁə.sy\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to reçu
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is reçu in French?
reçu appears 102 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).