De or het receptor?

The correct Dutch article is:

de receptor

  • English: receptor
  • Plural: de receptoren
  • Diminutive: het receptortje
Meaning (Dutch) 1. (natuurkunde) onderdeel dat signalen opvangt 2. (biologie, medisch) lichaamsdeel dat gevoelig is voor prikkels

How to use receptor

the receptorde receptor
this receptordeze receptor
that receptordie receptor
our receptoronze receptor
your receptorjouw receptor
every receptorelke receptor
which receptor?welke receptor?
a big receptor / the big receptoreen grote receptor, de grote receptor
the receptor (plural)de receptoren, deze receptoren

Example sentences with receptor

  • Wanneer het lichaam wordt aangeraakt, sturen receptoren in de huid berichten naar de hersenen, waardoor chemicaliën zoals endorfine vrijkomen. “When the body is touched, receptors in the skin send messages to the brain causing the release of chemicals such as endorphins.”

Dutch words ending in receptor

bètareceptor | chemoreceptor | baroreceptor | fotoreceptor | preceptor

In compound words, the last part decides the article. See the rule

Meaning, plural, diminutive, pronunciation and translations: WikiWoordenboek (Dutch Wiktionary) (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences: Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR).