laxatif
French edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Medieval Latin laxativus.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
laxatif (feminine laxative, masculine plural laxatifs, feminine plural laxatives)
Noun edit
laxatif m (plural laxatifs)
Antonyms edit
See also edit
Further reading edit
- “laxatif”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Old French edit
Adjective edit
laxatif m (oblique and nominative feminine singular laxative)
- (medicine) laxative
- 1377, Bernard de Gordon, Fleur de lis de medecine (a.k.a. lilium medicine), page 205 of this essay:
- il ne prendra point de medecine laxative
- he will not take any laxative medicine
Noun edit
laxatif oblique singular, m (oblique plural laxatis, nominative singular laxatis, nominative plural laxatif)