Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

digestive

/daɪˈdʒɛstɪv/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 3.46 in modern English

Syllables: di-ges-tive
IPA: /daɪˈdʒɛstɪv/

14

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of, relating to, or functioning in digestion.

adj

That causes or promotes digestion.

noun

A substance that aids digestion.

noun

A digestive biscuit.

Canadian usage; British usage

Example Sentences

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

Etymology

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

Origin

Source language: Old French

Word Breakdown

Root: digestif, dīgestīvus

Regional Pronunciation

British English: /daɪˈdʒɛstɪv/

Usage

Canadian usage
British usage

Inflected Forms

more digestive (comparative) most digestive (superlative) digestives (plural)

Derived Forms

aerodigestive antidigestive autodigestive biliodigestive cardiodigestive digestively digestiveness extradigestive interdigestive maldigestive nondigestive orodigestive

Phrases

digestive system digestive tract chocolate digestive

Rhymes With

festive suggestive congestive restive

Questions

How do you pronounce digestive?: The recorded pronunciation is /daɪˈdʒɛstɪv/.
What does digestive mean?: Of, relating to, or functioning in digestion.
Where does digestive come from?: It is traced to Old French.

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