purgative

English

Etymology

From Middle French purgatif.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

purgative

(capable of) purging

Translations

capable of purging

Bulgarian: разслабителен (razslabitelen), очистителен (očistitelen)
Catalan: purgatiu
Finnish: puhdistava (fi)
Greek:
Ancient: καθαρτικός (kathartikós)
Latin: purgativus
Spanish: purgativo (es)

Noun

purgative (plural purgatives)

something, such as a substance or medicine, that purges; laxative

Related terms

English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *pewH- (0 c, 39 e)

Translations

something that purges

Bulgarian: разслабително (bg) n (razslabitelno)
Dutch: purgeermiddel (nl) n, laxeermiddel (nl) n
Finnish: purgatiivi, laksatiivi (fi), ulostusaine, ulostuslääke (fi); puhdistusaine
Greek: καθαρτικό (el) n (kathartikó)
Ancient: καθαρτικόν n (kathartikón)
Italian: purgante (it) m
Norman: purge f (Jersey)
Tocharian B: tälpālle

French

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /pyʁ.ɡa.tiv/

Adjective

purgative

feminine singular of purgatif

Italian

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /pur.ɡaˈti.ve/
Rhymes: -ive
Hyphenation: pur‧ga‧tì‧ve

Adjective

purgative

feminine plural of purgativo

Anagrams

purgatevi

Latin

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [puːr.ɡaːˈtiː.wɛ]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [pur.ɡaˈt̪iː.ve]

Adjective

pūrgātīve

vocative masculine singular of pūrgātīvus