purgative

English

Etymology

From Middle French purgatif.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

purgative

1. (capable of) purging

Translations

capable of purging

• Bulgarian: разслабителен (razslabitelen), очистителен (očistitelen)
• Catalan: purgatiu
• Finnish: puhdistava (fi)
• Greek:

  Ancient: καθαρτικός (kathartikós)

• Latin: purgativus
• Spanish: purgativo (es)

Noun

purgative (plural purgatives)

1. something, such as a substance or medicine, that purges; laxative

Related terms

English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *pewH-‎ (0 c, 37 e)

Translations

something that purges

• Bulgarian: разслабително (bg) n (razslabitelno)
• Dutch: purgeermiddel (nl) n
• Finnish: purgatiivi, laksatiivi (fi), ulostusaine, ulostuslääke (fi); puhdistusaine
• Greek: καθαρτικό (el) n (kathartikó)

  Ancient: καθαρτικόν n (kathartikón)

• Italian: purgante (it) m
• Norman: purge f (Jersey)
• Tocharian B: tälpālle

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pyʁ.ɡa.tiv/

Adjective

purgative

1. feminine singular of purgatif

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pur.ɡaˈti.ve/
• Rhymes: -ive
• Hyphenation: pur‧ga‧tì‧ve

Adjective

purgative

1. feminine plural of purgativo

Anagrams

• purgatevi

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /puːr.ɡaːˈtiː.u̯e/, [puːrɡäːˈt̪iːu̯ɛ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /pur.ɡaˈti.ve/, [purɡäˈt̪iːve]

Adjective

pūrgātīve

1. vocative masculine singular of pūrgātīvus