recevez

Recevez is a French verb form belonging to the verb recevoir, meaning to receive or to obtain. Specifically, it is the present tense form for the 2nd person plural (vous) in the indicative mood, and it is also the imperative form used to address multiple people or a polite singular addressee. In practical use, vous recevez means you (plural or polite) receive, while recevez can function as a command such as “Receive!” in a formal or plural context.

Recevoir is an irregular -re verb. In the present indicative, its forms are je reçois, tu reçois, il reçoit, nous recevons, vous recevez, ils reçoivent. The stem changes to receb- in forms like je reçois and il reçoit. The word recevez, therefore, derives from the same root, with the typical -ez ending for the vous form in the present tense. The verb is also used in compound tenses with être or avoir, depending on construction, and it participates in various idioms and expressions related to giving or granting something to someone.

Common uses include stating that someone is receiving an object or person, or describing receiving as an action under consideration, such as recevoir un colis (to receive a package) or recevoir des invités (to receive guests). In formal written French, the phrase Veuillez recevoir mes salutations distinguées is a standard closing, where recevoir appears in a polite construction meaning “Please accept my regards.”

Etymologically, recevoir comes from Old French receivre, ultimately from Latin recipere, meaning to take back or to take in.