German

Noun

Digestif m ‎(genitive Digestifs, plural Digestifs)

1. digestif

Declension

English

Grappa is most often taken as a digestif

Noun

digestif ‎(plural digestifs)

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

Antonyms

• apéritif

Translations

French

Etymology

Borrowing from Latin digestivus.

Noun

digestif m ‎(plural digestifs)

1. a digestive
2. a digestif

Antonyms

• apéritif

Old French

Etymology

First known attestation circa 1265, borrowing 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

• (fr) 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