digestive

English

Etymology

From Old French digestif, from Late Latin dīgestīvus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /daɪˈdʒɛstɪv/

Adjective

digestive (comparative more digestive, superlative most digestive)

1. Of, relating to, or functioning in digestion.
2. That causes or promotes digestion.
   • (Can we date this quote?), 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
• Bulgarian: храносмилателен (hranosmilatelen)
• Catalan: digestiu (ca)
• Czech: trávicí m
• Finnish: ruoansulatus- (fi), digestiivinen
• Galician: dixestivo
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• German: digestiv (de)
• Portuguese: digestivo (pt)
• Russian: пищевари́тельный (ru) (piščevarítelʹnyj)
• Scottish Gaelic: meirbheach
• Spanish: digestivo (es)

that causes or promotes digestion

• Asturian: dixestivu
• Catalan: digestiu (ca)
• Finnish: ruoansulatusta edistävä, digestiivinen
• Galician: dixestivo
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• German: digestiv (de)
• Scottish Gaelic: meirbheach
• Spanish: digestivo (es)

Noun

digestive (plural digestives)

1. A substance that aids digestion.
2. (UK, Ireland) A digestive biscuit.

   I bought a packet of chocolate digestives.

   I made a mistake and bought plain digestives instead of chocolate ones.

Translations

substance that aids digestion

• Arabic: جِهَاز هَضْمِيّ m (jihāz haḍmiyy)

  Egyptian Arabic: جهاز هضمي m (gehaaz haḍmi)

• Catalan: digestiu (ca) m
• Czech: digestiv (cs) m
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• Finnish: digestiivi, ruoansulatuslääke
• Galician: dixestivo m
• Portuguese: digestivo (pt) m
• Spanish: digestivo (es) m

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German

Adjective

digestive

1. inflection of digestiv:
   1. strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
   2. strong nominative/accusative plural
   3. weak nominative all-gender singular
   4. weak accusative feminine/neuter singular

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Italian

Adjective

digestive

1. (deprecated template usage) Feminine plural of adjective digestivo.

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Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /diː.ɡesˈtiː.u̯e/, [d̪iːɡɛs̠ˈt̪iːu̯ɛ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /di.d͡ʒesˈti.ve/, [d̪id͡ʒesˈt̪iːve]

Adjective

(deprecated template usage) dīgestīve

1. vocative masculine singular of dīgestīvus