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

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Further reading

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
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