laxatif

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin laxativus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lak.sa.tif/

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• Rhymes: -if

Adjective

laxatif (feminine laxative, masculine plural laxatifs, feminine plural laxatives)

1. laxative

Noun

laxatif m (plural laxatifs)

1. a laxative

   Synonym: purgatif

Antonyms

• styptique
• astrictif
• astringent

See also

• carminatif
• diurétique
• émétique

Further reading

• “laxatif”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Old French

Adjective

laxatif m (oblique and nominative feminine singular laxative)

1. (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

laxatif oblique singular, m (oblique plural laxatis, nominative singular laxatis, nominative plural laxatif)

1. (medicine) laxative