digestif
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
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