digestif
di·ges·tif/daɪˈdʒɛstɪf/noun
digestif is spelled D-I-G-E-S-T-I-F: 8 letters and 3 syllables (di·ges·tif). It appears about once in every 40 million words in written English, the 194,306th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, digestif means “An alcoholic beverage consumed after eating, so called because it is presumed to aid digestion” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of digestif is digestifs.
How many letters and syllables are in digestif?
| Letters | 8: D-I-G-E-S-T-I-F |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3: di·ges·tif |
| In writing | about once in every 40 million words; the 194,306th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is digestif?
Digestif appears about once in every 40 million words in written English, the 194,306th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce digestif?
- UK /daɪˈdʒɛstɪf/
- UK /ˌdiːʒɛsˈtiːf/
Digestif has 3 syllables, split di·ges·tif in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-digestif.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of digestif
- digestifs plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does digestif mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
An alcoholic beverage consumed after eating, so called because it is presumed to aid digestion.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Digestif in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense beverage:
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does digestif come from?
Borrowed from French digestif. Doublet of digestive.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).