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sorbet

/ˈsɔːbeɪ/US/sɔɹˈbeɪ/

sorbet noun: frozen fruit juice, sometimes mixed with egg whites, eaten as dessert or between courses of a meal.

sorbet: frozen fruit juice, sometimes mixed with egg whites, eaten as dessert or between courses of a meal
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Noun

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.
    Synonyms:
    ice, Italian ice

sorbet meaning in Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada and Arabic

sorbet in Tamil

பானகம்

sorbet in Malayalam

frozen fruit juice
സോർബെറ്റ് sōṟbeṟṟŭ

sorbet in Kannada

frozen fruit juice
ಸಾರ್ಬೆ sārbe

sorbet in Arabic

frozen fruit juice
شَرْبَات مُثَلَّج šarbāt muṯallaj
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sorbet in Indonesian
sorbet
sorbet in Persian
سربی
sorbet in Thai
ซอร์เบ

Examples of sorbet in a sentence

  • He opts for a Paris-Brest, and I go for a lemon vodka sorbet.
  • Serve fruit sorbets on their own, or alongside a freeze-ahead tart made with the same fruit.
  • Top the gelée with a scoop of sorbet and garnish with a sprig of baby basil.

All 12 example sentences with sorbet

Synonyms of sorbet

Forms of sorbet

pluralsorbets

Plural of sorbet: sorbets

Origin of sorbet

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.

Words formed from sorbet

Words that rhyme with sorbet

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Questions about sorbet

What does sorbet mean?
Sorbet means frozen fruit juice, sometimes mixed with egg whites, eaten as dessert or between courses of a meal.
What is sorbet in Tamil?
Sorbet in Tamil is பானகம். See Sorbet meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is sorbet?
Sorbet is a noun.
How do you pronounce sorbet?
Sorbet is pronounced /sɔɹˈbeɪ/ (US).
What is the plural of sorbet?
The plural of sorbet is sorbets.

Words near sorbet in the dictionary

  1. Sorbellos
  2. sorbent
  3. sorbents
  4. Sorber
  5. Sorbers
  6. sorbet
  7. sorbetière
  8. sorbetières
  9. sorbetlike
  10. sorbets
  11. Sorbia

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: sorbet (page history and authors); sorbet (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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