digestif

Borrowed from French digestif. Doublet of digestive.

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /daɪˈdʒɛstɪf/, /ˌdiːʒɛsˈtiːf/

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• Hyphenation: di‧ges‧tif

digestif (plural digestifs)

1. An alcoholic beverage consumed after eating, so called because it is presumed to aid digestion.

   Antonym: apéritif

Borrowed from Late Latin dīgestīvus.

• IPA^(key): /di.ʒɛs.tif/

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digestif (feminine digestive, masculine plural digestifs, feminine plural digestives)

1. digestive

• tube digestif

digestif m (plural digestifs)

1. a digestive
2. a digestif

• apéritif

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

First known attestation circa 1265, borrowed from Late Latin dīgestīvus.

digestif oblique singular, m (oblique plural digestis, nominative singular digestis, nominative plural digestif)

1. a digestive (substance that aids digestion)

digestif m (oblique and nominative feminine singular digestive)

1. digestive (that aids digestion)

• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (digestif, supplement)
• digestif on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub