"digestive" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /daɪˈdʒɛstɪv/ [UK] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-digestive.wav Forms: more digestive [comparative], most digestive [superlative]
Etymology: From Old French digestif, from Late Latin dīgestīvus. Doublet of digestif. Etymology templates: {{der|en|fro|digestif}} Old French digestif, {{der|en|LL.|dīgestīvus}} Late Latin dīgestīvus, {{doublet|en|digestif}} Doublet of digestif Head templates: {{en-adj}} digestive (comparative more digestive, superlative most digestive)
  1. Of, relating to, or functioning in digestion. Translations (of, relating to, or functioning in digestion): dixestivu (Asturian), храносмилателен (hranosmilatelen) (Bulgarian), အစာချေဖျက်မှု (a.cahkyehpyakhmu.) (Burmese), အစာချေဖျက်ခြင်းဆိုင်ရာ (a.cahkyehpyakhkrang:hcuing-ra) (Burmese), အစာချေဖျက်သော (a.cahkyehpyaksau:) (Burmese), အစာချေဖျက်သည့် (a.cahkyehpyaksany.) (Burmese), digestiu (Catalan), trávicí [masculine] (Czech), ruoansulatus- (Finnish), digestiivinen (Finnish), dixestivo (Galician), digestiv (German), πεπτικός (peptikós) (Greek), emésztési (Hungarian), emésztő- (Hungarian), digestivo (Portuguese), пищевари́тельный (piščevarítelʹnyj) (Russian), meirbheach (Scottish Gaelic), digestivo (Spanish), matsmältnings- (Swedish), digestiv (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-digestive-en-adj-JH8EAG5S Disambiguation of 'of, relating to, or functioning in digestion': 91 9
  2. That causes or promotes digestion. Translations (that causes or promotes digestion): dixestivu (Asturian), အစာချေဖျက်ခြင်း c du (a.cahkyehpyakhkrang:) (Burmese), digestiu (Catalan), ruoansulatusta edistävä (Finnish), digestiivinen (Finnish), dixestivo (Galician), digestiv (German), emésztéssegítő (Hungarian), emésztést segítő (Hungarian), meirbheach (Scottish Gaelic), digestivo (Spanish), digestiv (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-digestive-en-adj-mJq~UGYB Disambiguation of 'that causes or promotes digestion': 7 93
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated

Noun

IPA: /daɪˈdʒɛstɪv/ [UK] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-digestive.wav Forms: digestives [plural]
Etymology: From Old French digestif, from Late Latin dīgestīvus. Doublet of digestif. Etymology templates: {{der|en|fro|digestif}} Old French digestif, {{der|en|LL.|dīgestīvus}} Late Latin dīgestīvus, {{doublet|en|digestif}} Doublet of digestif Head templates: {{en-noun}} digestive (plural digestives)
  1. A substance that aids digestion. Translations (substance that aids digestion): جِهَاز هَضْمِيّ (jihāz haḍmiyy) [masculine] (Arabic), جهاز هضمي (gehaaz haḍmi) [Egyptian-Arabic, masculine] (Arabic), အစာကျေ c du (a.ca-kye) (Burmese), digestiu [masculine] (Catalan), digestiv [masculine] (Czech), digestiivi (Finnish), ruoansulatuslääke (Finnish), dixestivo [masculine] (Galician), 消化剤 (shōkazai) (alt: しょうかざい) (Japanese), 消化薬 (shōkayaku) (alt: しょうかやく) (Japanese), digestivo [masculine] (Portuguese), digestivo [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-digestive-en-noun-alSh~cjF Disambiguation of 'substance that aids digestion': 99 1
  2. (UK, Ireland, Canada) A digestive biscuit. Tags: Canada, Ireland, UK
    Sense id: en-digestive-en-noun-DHYLfKVa Categories (other): British English, Canadian English, Irish English, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 5 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Arabic translations, Terms with Asturian translations, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Burmese translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Egyptian Arabic translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Scottish Gaelic translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 3 17 4 77 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 2 9 4 86 Disambiguation of Pages with 5 entries: 1 5 1 21 1 1 5 1 18 12 19 16 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 0 5 1 24 1 0 5 1 14 9 22 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Arabic translations: 5 14 6 76 Disambiguation of Terms with Asturian translations: 5 15 7 73 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 5 13 8 74 Disambiguation of Terms with Burmese translations: 7 16 10 68 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 5 14 6 76 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 5 14 8 73 Disambiguation of Terms with Egyptian Arabic translations: 5 14 6 75 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 4 12 5 79 Disambiguation of Terms with Galician translations: 5 14 6 76 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 5 15 6 73 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 8 19 15 58 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 8 18 12 62 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 3 14 6 78 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 5 14 6 76 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 3 14 6 78 Disambiguation of Terms with Scottish Gaelic translations: 5 13 6 76 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 3 15 6 76 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 4 11 5 80
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: chocolate digestive

Inflected forms

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