digestif

Borrowed from French digestif.

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /daɪˈdʒɛstɪf/, /ˌdiːʒɛsˈtiːf/
• Hyphenation: di‧ges‧tif

digestif (plural digestifs)

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

• apéritif

Borrowed from Latin digestivus.

digestif m (plural digestifs)

1. a digestive
2. a digestif

• apéritif

• “digestif” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

First known attestation circa 1265, borrowed from Latin digestivus.

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

1. a digestive (substance that aids digestion)

digestif m (oblique and nominative feminine singular digestive)

1. digestive (that aids digestion)

• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (digestif, supplement)
• digestif on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub