digestif

See also: Digestif

English

WOTD – 20 April 2016
Grappa is most often taken as a digestif

Etymology

Borrowed from French digestif.

Pronunciation

Noun

digestif (plural digestifs)

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

Antonyms

Translations


French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin digestivus.

Noun

digestif m (plural digestifs)

  1. a digestive
  2. a digestif

Antonyms

Further reading


Old French

Etymology

First known attestation circa 1265, borrowed from Latin digestivus.

Noun

digestif m (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)

References

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