sorbet

Etymology

Borrowed from French sorbet, from Middle French [Term?], from Old Italian sorbetto, from Ottoman Turkish شربت (şerbet), from Arabic شَرْبَة (šarba, “drink”). Doublet of sherbet and sharbat, related to syrup.

noun

  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.

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