adj
Meaning 1
Of, relating to, or functioning in digestion.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
digestive
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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Pronunciation
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UK: /daɪˈdʒɛstɪv/
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adj
Meaning 2
That causes or promotes digestion.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 3
A substance that aids digestion.
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noun
Meaning 4
A digestive biscuit.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Canada, Ireland, UK
Examples
- I bought a packet of chocolate digestives.
- I made a mistake and bought plain digestives instead of chocolate ones.
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adjective
Meaning 5
relating to or having the power to cause or promote digestion
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- digestive juices
- a digestive enzyme
- digestive ferment
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noun
Meaning 6
any substance that promotes digestion
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: substance
History
Etymology
From Old French digestif, from Late Latin dīgestīvus. Doublet of digestif.
Across languages
Translations
48 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Arabic: هَضْمِيّ (haḍmiyy) — of, relating to, or functioning in digestion
- Asturian: dixestivu — of, relating to, or functioning in digestion
- Bulgarian: храносмилателен (hranosmilatelen) — of, relating to, or functioning in digestion
- Burmese: အစာချေဖျက်မှု (a.cahkyehpyakhmu.) — of, relating to, or functioning in digestion
- Burmese: အစာချေဖျက်ခြင်းဆိုင်ရာ (a.cahkyehpyakhkrang:hcuing-ra) — of, relating to, or functioning in digestion
- Burmese: အစာချေဖျက်သော (a.cahkyehpyaksau:) — of, relating to, or functioning in digestion
- Burmese: အစာချေဖျက်သည့် (a.cahkyehpyaksany.) — of, relating to, or functioning in digestion
- Catalan: digestiu — of, relating to, or functioning in digestion
- Czech: trávicí — of, relating to, or functioning in digestion
- Finnish: ruoansulatus- — of, relating to, or functioning in digestion
- Finnish: digestiivinen — of, relating to, or functioning in digestion
- Galician: dixestivo — of, relating to, or functioning in digestion
- German: digestiv — of, relating to, or functioning in digestion
- Greek: πεπτικός (peptikós) — of, relating to, or functioning in digestion
- Hungarian: emésztési — of, relating to, or functioning in digestion
- Hungarian: emésztő- — of, relating to, or functioning in digestion
- Indonesian: digestif — of, relating to, or functioning in digestion
- Portuguese: digestivo — of, relating to, or functioning in digestion
- Russian: пищевари́тельный (piščevarítelʹnyj) — of, relating to, or functioning in digestion
- Scottish Gaelic: meirbheach — of, relating to, or functioning in digestion
- Spanish: digestivo — of, relating to, or functioning in digestion
- Swedish: matsmältnings- — of, relating to, or functioning in digestion
- Swedish: digestiv — of, relating to, or functioning in digestion
- Asturian: dixestivu — that causes or promotes digestion
- Burmese: အစာချေဖျက်ခြင်း c du (a.cahkyehpyakhkrang:) — that causes or promotes digestion
- Catalan: digestiu — that causes or promotes digestion
- Finnish: ruoansulatusta edistävä — that causes or promotes digestion
- Finnish: digestiivinen — that causes or promotes digestion
- Galician: dixestivo — that causes or promotes digestion
- German: digestiv — that causes or promotes digestion
- Hungarian: emésztéssegítő — that causes or promotes digestion
- Hungarian: emésztést segítő — that causes or promotes digestion
- Scottish Gaelic: meirbheach — that causes or promotes digestion
- Spanish: digestivo — that causes or promotes digestion
- Swedish: digestiv — that causes or promotes digestion
- Arabic: جِهَاز هَضْمِيّ (jihāz haḍmiyy) — substance that aids digestion
- Arabic: جهاز هضمي (gehaaz haḍmi) — substance that aids digestion
- Burmese: အစာကျေ c du (a.ca-kye) — substance that aids digestion
- Catalan: digestiu — substance that aids digestion
- Czech: digestiv — substance that aids digestion
- Finnish: digestiivi — substance that aids digestion
- Finnish: ruoansulatuslääke — substance that aids digestion
- Galician: dixestivo — substance that aids digestion
- Japanese: 消化剤 (shōkazai) — substance that aids digestion
- Japanese: 消化薬 (shōkayaku) — substance that aids digestion
- Korean: 소화제 (sohwaje) — substance that aids digestion
- Portuguese: digestivo — substance that aids digestion
- Spanish: digestivo — substance that aids digestion
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