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See also: Digestif
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from French digestif. Doublet of digestive.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /daɪˈdʒɛstɪf/, /ˌdiːʒɛsˈtiːf/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
- Hyphenation: di‧ges‧tif
Noun
[edit]digestif (plural digestifs)
- An alcoholic beverage consumed after eating, so called because it is presumed to aid digestion.
- Antonym: apéritif
Translations
[edit]beverage
French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Late Latin dīgestīvus.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]digestif (feminine digestive, masculine plural digestifs, feminine plural digestives)
Derived terms
[edit]Noun
[edit]digestif m (plural digestifs)
Antonyms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “digestif”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Old French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]First known attestation circa 1265, borrowed from Late Latin dīgestīvus.
Noun
[edit]digestif oblique singular, m (oblique plural digestis, nominative singular digestis, nominative plural digestif)
- a digestive (substance that aids digestion)
Adjective
[edit]digestif m (oblique and nominative feminine singular digestive)
- digestive (that aids digestion)
References
[edit]- Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (digestif, supplement)
- digestif on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub
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