digestive

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /daɪˈdʒɛstɪv/

Adjective

digestive (comparative more digestive, superlative most digestive)

1. of, relating to, or functioning in digestion
2. having the power to cause or promote digestion
   • Herman Melville, Omoo

     While the doctor and the natives were taking a digestive nap after dinner, I strolled forth to have a peep at the country which could produce so generous a meal.

Translations

of, relating to, or functioning in digestion

• Asturian: dixestivu (ast)
• Bulgarian: храносмилателен (bg) (hranosmilatelen)
• Catalan: digestiu (ca)
• Czech: trávicí (cs) m
• Finnish: ruoansulatus-, digestiivinen

• Galician: dixestivo (gl)
• Portuguese: digestivo (pt)
• Russian: пищеварительный (ru) (piščevarítelʹnyj) 
• Scottish Gaelic: meirbheach (gd)
• Spanish: digestivo (es)

having the power to cause or promote digestion

• Asturian: dixestivu (ast)
• Catalan: digestiu (ca)
• Finnish: ruoansulatusta edistävä

• Galician: dixestivo (gl)
• Scottish Gaelic: meirbheach (gd)
• Spanish: digestivo (es)

Noun

digestive (plural digestives)

1. a substance that aids digestion

Translations

a substance that aids digestion

• Arabic: جهاز هضمي (ar) (jihaaz haḍmi) m

  Egyptian Arabic: جهاز هضمي (gehaaz haḍmi) m

• Catalan: digestiu (ca) m
• Finnish: digestiivi, ruoansulatusta edistävä aine
• Galician: dixestivo (gl) m

• Portuguese: digestivo (pt) m
• Spanish: digestivo (es) m

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Italian

Adjective

digestive f

1. Feminine plural form of digestivo

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Latin

Adjective

dīgestīve

1. vocative masculine singular of dīgestīvus