sorvete

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from French sorbet, from Old Italian sorbetto (“sherbet”), from Turkish şerbet, from Arabic شُرْبَة (šurba, “drink”). Compare Salvadoran Spanish sorbete (“ice cream”). Doublet of sorbet.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /soʁˈve.t͡ʃi/ [soɦˈve.t͡ʃi]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /soʁˈve.t͡ʃi/ [soɦˈve.t͡ʃi]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /soɾˈve.t͡ʃi/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /soʁˈve.t͡ʃi/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /soɻˈve.te/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /suɾˈve.tɨ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /suɾˈve.tɨ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /suɾˈbe.tɨ/ [suɾˈβe.tɨ]

• Rhymes: (Brazil) -et͡ʃi, (Portugal) -etɨ
• Hyphenation: sor‧ve‧te

Noun

sorvete m (plural sorvetes)

1. sorbet (frozen fruit juice)
2. ice cream (dessert)

   Synonym: (Portugal) gelado

Related terms

• sorvetear
• sorveteiro
• sorveteria

 

Descendants

• → Hunsrik: Sorvett