See also: Sorbet and sörbet

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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.

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sorbet (countable and uncountable, plural sorbets)

  1. 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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sorbet m (plural sorbets)

  1. sorbet, sherbet

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sorbet

  1. third-person singular present active indicative of sorbeō

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  • sorbètt (Classical Milanese Orthography)

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  • (Milanese) IPA(key): /surˈbɛt/

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sorbet m

  1. sorbet, sherbet, gelato

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Borrowed from French sorbet, from Middle French, from Old Italian sorbetto, from Ottoman Turkish شربت (şerbet), from Persian شربت (šarbat), from Arabic شَرْبَة (šarba).

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sorbet m inan

  1. sorbet, sherbet (frozen fruit juice)

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adjective

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  • sorbet in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • sorbet in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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Unadapted borrowing from French sorbet. Doublet of sorvete.

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sorbet m (uncountable)

  1. sorbet (frozen fruit juice)

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Borrowed from French sorbet.

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sorbet n (plural sorbete or sorbeturi)

  1. sorbet

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