digestive

digestive

English

Etymology

From Old French digestif, from Late Latin digestivus.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /daɪˈdʒɛstɪv/

Adjective

digestive (comparative more digestive, superlative most digestive)

1. Of, relating to, or functioning in digestion.
2. That causes or promotes digestion.
   • Herman Melville, Omoo

     While the doctor and the natives were taking a digestive nap after dinner, I strolled forth to have a peep at the country which could produce so generous a meal.

Translations

of, relating to, or functioning in digestion

Asturian: dixestivu Bulgarian: храносмилателен (hranosmilatelen) Catalan: digestiu (ca) Czech: trávicí m Finnish: ruoansulatus- (fi), digestiivinen Galician: dixestivo

German: digestiv (de) Portuguese: digestivo (pt) Russian: пищевари́тельный (ru) (piščevarítelʹnyj) Scottish Gaelic: meirbheach Spanish: digestivo (es)

that causes or promotes digestion

Asturian: dixestivu Catalan: digestiu (ca) Finnish: ruoansulatusta edistävä, digestiivinen Galician: dixestivo

German: digestiv (de) Scottish Gaelic: meirbheach Spanish: digestivo (es)

Noun

digestive (plural digestives)

1. A substance that aids digestion.
2. (Britain, Ireland) A digestive biscuit.

   I bought a packet of chocolate digestives.

   I made a mistake and bought plain digestives instead of chocolate ones.

Translations

substance that aids digestion

Arabic: جِهَاز هَضْمِيّ‎ m (jihāz haḍmiyy) Egyptian Arabic: جهاز هضمي‎ m (gehaaz haḍmi) Catalan: digestiu (ca) m Czech: digestiv (cs) m

Finnish: digestiivi, ruoansulatuslääke Galician: dixestivo m Portuguese: digestivo (pt) m Spanish: digestivo (es) m

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German

Adjective

digestive

1. inflected form of digestiv

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Italian

Adjective

digestive

1. feminine plural of digestivo

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Latin

Adjective

dīgestīve

1. vocative masculine singular of dīgestīvus