sorbet
Meaning
Frozen fruit juice, sometimes mixed with egg whites, eaten as dessert or between courses of a meal.
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Pronounced as (IPA)
/sɔɹˈbeɪ/
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French sorbet, 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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