digeste

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French

Etymology 1

From Latin dīgesta.

Pronunciation

Noun

digeste m (plural digestes)

  1. digest
    • 1950, Pierre Frédérix, Herman Melville, Gallimard, page 194:
      En ce sens Moby Dick est un roman de la mer ; les hommes, la faune océanienne, les éléments s’y affrontent. Mais c’est aussi un bestiaire, un digeste, un poème, un catalogue, une histoire, une pandecte, une encyclopédie de la baleine.
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Etymology 2

From Latin dīgestus.

Pronunciation

Adjective

digeste (plural digestes)

  1. digestible
    Antonym: indigeste

Further reading

Latin

Participle

dīgeste

  1. vocative masculine singular of dīgestus