digestive

English

Etymology

From Old French digestif, from Late Latin dīgestīvus. Doublet of digestif.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /daɪˈdʒɛstɪv/

  • Audio (Southern England):

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Adjective

digestive (comparative more digestive, superlative most digestive)

1. Of, relating to, or functioning in digestion.
2. That causes or promotes digestion.
   • 1847 March 30, Herman Melville, Omoo: A Narrative of Adventures in the South Seas; […], London: John Murray, […], →OCLC:

     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.

Derived terms

• aerodigestive
• antidigestive
• autodigestive
• biliodigestive
• cardiodigestive
• digestively
• digestiveness
• digestive system
• digestive tract
• extradigestive
• interdigestive
• maldigestive
• nondigestive
• orodigestive
• postdigestive

 

Translations

of, relating to, or functioning in digestion

• Asturian: dixestivu
• Bulgarian: храносмилателен (hranosmilatelen)
• Burmese: အစာချေဖျက်မှု (a.cahkyehpyakhmu.), အစာချေဖျက်ခြင်းဆိုင်ရာ (a.cahkyehpyakhkrang:hcuing-ra), အစာချေဖျက်သော (a.cahkyehpyaksau:), အစာချေဖျက်သည့် (a.cahkyehpyaksany.)
• Catalan: digestiu (ca)
• Czech: trávicí m
• Finnish: ruoansulatus- (fi), digestiivinen
• Galician: dixestivo (gl)
• German: digestiv (de)
• Greek: πεπτικός (el) (peptikós)
• Hungarian: emésztési (hu), emésztő- (hu)
• Portuguese: digestivo (pt)
• Russian: пищевари́тельный (ru) (piščevarítelʹnyj)
• Scottish Gaelic: meirbheach
• Spanish: digestivo (es)
• Swedish: matsmältnings- (sv), digestiv (sv)

that causes or promotes digestion

• Asturian: dixestivu
• Burmese: အစာချေဖျက်ခြင်း c du (a.cahkyehpyakhkrang:)
• Catalan: digestiu (ca)
• Finnish: ruoansulatusta edistävä, digestiivinen
• Galician: dixestivo (gl)
• German: digestiv (de)
• Hungarian: emésztéssegítő, emésztést segítő
• Scottish Gaelic: meirbheach
• Spanish: digestivo (es)
• Swedish: som främjar/befordrar/underlättar matsmältningen, digestiv (sv)

Noun

digestive (plural digestives)

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

   I bought a packet of chocolate digestives.

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

Derived terms

• chocolate digestive

Translations

substance that aids digestion

• Arabic: جِهَاز هَضْمِيّ m (jihāz haḍmiyy)

  Egyptian Arabic: جهاز هضمي m (gehaaz haḍmi)

• Burmese: အစာကျေ c du (a.ca-kye)
• Catalan: digestiu (ca) m
• Czech: digestiv (cs) m
• Finnish: digestiivi (fi), ruoansulatuslääke
• Galician: dixestivo (gl) m
• Japanese: 消化剤 (しょうかざい, shōkazai), 消化薬 (しょうかやく, shōkayaku)
• Portuguese: digestivo (pt) m
• Spanish: digestivo (es) m

German

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Adjective

digestive

1. inflection of digestiv:
   1. strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
   2. strong nominative/accusative plural
   3. weak nominative all-gender singular
   4. weak accusative feminine/neuter singular

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /di.d͡ʒeˈsti.ve/
• Rhymes: -ive
• Hyphenation: di‧ge‧stì‧ve

Adjective

digestive

1. feminine plural of digestivo

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /diː.ɡesˈtiː.u̯e/, [d̪iːɡɛs̠ˈt̪iːu̯ɛ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /di.d͡ʒesˈti.ve/, [d̪id͡ʒesˈt̪iːve]

Adjective

dīgestīve

1. vocative masculine singular of dīgestīvus

Swedish

digestive

Etymology

Borrowed from English digestive.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /diɡəstiːvə/

Noun

digestive c or n

1. (collectively) digestive, digestive biscuit

   cheesecake med digestive

   cheesecake with digestive biscuit(s)

   Jag gillar digestive

   I like digestives / digestive biscuits

2. a digestive, a digestive biscuit

   Synonym: digestivekex

   bre två digestive

   butter two digestives / digestive biscuits

Usage notes

Usually pronounced "dee-guh-steve-uh" (see IPA), as expected from Swedish orthography, leading to (tongue-in-cheek) debates over pronunciation.

Declension

Declension of digestive

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	digestive	digestives
	definite	digestiven	digestivens
plural	indefinite	digestive	digestives
	definite	digestiven	digestivens

Derived terms

• digestivekex

See also

• digestiv