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Italian
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Late Latin pūrgātīvus, from pūrgāre.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pur.ɡaˈti.vo/
- Rhymes: -ivo
- Hyphenation: pur‧ga‧tì‧vo
Adjective
purgativo (feminine purgativa, masculine plural purgativi, feminine plural purgative)
- (medicine) purgative
Noun
purgativo m (plural purgativi)
- (pharmacology) purgative
- Synonym: purgante
Further reading
- purgativo in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
- purgativo in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
- purgativo in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
- purgatìvo in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
- purgativo in sapere.it – De Agostini Editore
- purgativo in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Latin
Pronunciation
Adjective
pūrgātīvō
- dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of pūrgātīvus
Portuguese
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Late Latin pūrgātīvus. By surface analysis, purgar + -tivo.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ivu
- Hyphenation: pur‧ga‧ti‧vo
Adjective
purgativo (feminine purgativa, masculine plural purgativos, feminine plural purgativas)
- Synonym of purgante
Noun
purgativo m (plural purgativos)
- (pharmacology) Synonym of laxante
Further reading
- “purgativo”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2024
- “purgativo”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2024
- “purgativo” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
- “purgativo”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
- “purgativo”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2024
- “purgativo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024
Spanish
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Late Latin pūrgātīvus, from pūrgāre.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /puɾɡaˈtibo/
- Rhymes: -ibo
- Syllabification: pur‧ga‧ti‧vo
Adjective
purgativo (feminine purgativa, masculine plural purgativos, feminine plural purgativas)
- purgative
Further reading