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

Noun
sorbet (countable and uncountable, plural sorbets)
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
More languagesFewer languages
- 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.
Synonyms of sorbet
Forms of sorbet
| plural | sorbets |
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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
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
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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