sorbet

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sorbet

/sɔɹˈbeɪ/ Canada, US
/ˈsɔːbeɪ/ UK

Rhymes with -eɪ, -ɔːbeɪ

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Middle French sorbet, borrowed from Italian sorbetto, borrowed from Ottoman Turkish شربت (şerbet), borrowed from Classical Persian شَرْبَت (šarbat), borrowed from Arabic شَرْبَة (šarba), from شَرِبَ (šariba).

Doublet of sherbet and sharbat, related to syrup.

noun sorbets

countable, uncountable 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.
Similar: ice, Italian ice

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noun frozen fruit juice

Español	sorbeto
한국어	셔벗 syeobeot, 소르베 soreube
日本語	シャーベット shābetto, ソルベ sorube
中文	雪葩 xuěpā, 雪芭 xuěbā, 雪寶 /雪宝 xuěbǎo, 雪酪
Português	sorvete
Français	sorbet
Deutsch	Sorbet
Italiano	sorbetto
Ελληνικά	σορμπέ sormpé
العربية	شَرْبَات مُثَلَّج šarbāt muṯallaj

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Chicago

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@misc{sorbet_2026,
  title = {sorbet},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/sorbet},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}