sorbet
English edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French sorbet, from Middle French [Term?], from Old Italian sorbetto, from Ottoman Turkish شربت (şerbet), from Arabic شَرْبَة (šarba, “drink”).
Doublet of sherbet and sharbat, related to syrup.
Pronunciation edit
- (Canada, General American) IPA(key): /sɔɹˈbeɪ/
Audio (Southern England) (file) - (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈsɔːbeɪ/
- Rhymes: -eɪ, -ɔːbeɪ
Noun edit
sorbet (countable and uncountable, plural sorbets)
- Frozen fruit juice, sometimes mixed with egg whites, eaten as dessert or between courses of a meal.
- After dinner we had an orange sorbet that was very refreshing.
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frozen fruit juice
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French edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
sorbet m (plural sorbets)
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Further reading edit
- “sorbet”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Latin edit
Verb edit
sorbet
Lombard edit
Alternative forms edit
- sorbètt (Classical Milanese Orthography)
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Noun edit
sorbet m
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Polish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French sorbet, from Middle French, from Old Italian sorbetto, from Ottoman Turkish شربت (şerbet), from Persian شربت (šarbat), from Arabic شَرْبَة (šarba).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
sorbet m inan
Declension edit
Declension of sorbet
Derived terms edit
adjective
Further reading edit
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
Unadapted borrowing from French sorbet. Doublet of sorvete.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
sorbet m (uncountable)
- sorbet (frozen fruit juice)
Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
sorbet n (plural sorbete or sorbeturi)
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Declension of sorbet
singular | plural | |||
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indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) sorbet | sorbetul | (niște) sorbete | sorbetele |
genitive/dative | (unui) sorbet | sorbetului | (unor) sorbete | sorbetelor |
vocative | sorbetule | sorbetelor |
Declension of sorbet
singular | plural | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) sorbet | sorbetul | (niște) sorbeturi | sorbeturile |
genitive/dative | (unui) sorbet | sorbetului | (unor) sorbeturi | sorbeturilor |
vocative | sorbetule | sorbeturilor |
Further reading edit
- sorbet in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)