digestif

See also: Digestif

English

WOTD – 20 April 2016

Etymology

Borrowed from French digestif. Doublet of digestive.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /daɪˈdʒɛstɪf/, /ˌdiːʒɛsˈtiːf/
    • Audio (Southern England):(file)
  • Hyphenation: di‧ges‧tif

Noun

digestif (plural digestifs)

  1. An alcoholic beverage consumed after eating, so called because it is presumed to aid digestion.
    Antonym: apéritif
    • 2007 June 27, Rob Willey, “A Bit of History, Reborn in a Glass”, in The New York Times[1], archived from the original on 10 June 2021:
      At Vessel, in Seattle, the bar manager, Jamie Boudreau, starts his cherry bitters by combining separate bourbon- and rye-based infusions with a touch of honey-flavored vodka and the Italian digestif amaro.

Translations

French

Etymology

From Old French digestif.

Pronunciation

Adjective

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

  1. digestive

Derived terms

Noun

digestif m (plural digestifs)

  1. a digestive
  2. a digestif

Antonyms

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Czech: digestiv
  • Dutch: digestief
  • English: digestif
  • German: Digestif

Further reading

Indonesian

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch digestief, from French digestif, from Late Latin dīgestīvus.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /diˈɡɛstif/ [diˈɡɛs.t̪ɪf]
  • Rhymes: -ɛstif
  • Syllabification: di‧ges‧tif

Adjective

digestif (comparative lebih digestif, superlative paling digestif)

  1. digestive

Further reading

Old French

Etymology

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

Noun

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

  1. a digestive (substance that aids digestion)

Adjective

digestif m (oblique and nominative feminine singular digestive)

  1. digestive (that aids digestion)

Descendants

References