framboise

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/fɹɑmˈbwɑz//fɹæm-//-ˈbwɑ/

noun

Raspberry liqueur.

Similar
crème de framboisewild raspberryEuropean raspberryRubus idaeus
UncommonScrabble 16

Meanings

nounframboise (countable and uncountable, plural framboises)

plural framboises

  1. countableuncountableRaspberry liqueur.

    The krieks and framboises are fine accompaniments to salads or main dishes made with fruits.

    1996, Food & Wine: The Guide to Good Taste, page 42
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    Ruthe poured another round of coffee, this time with a shot glass of the framboise Dina made from their raspberry patch every fall.

    2002, Dana Stabenow, A Fine and Bitter Snow, →ISBN, page 52

    Drizzle in (down the sides of the glass, for optimum streaky lines) some framboise (or creme d'cassis, if that's what you have, or some other dark, sticky, red liqueur).

    2007, B. Clay Moore, Hawaiian Dick Vol. 1: Byrd Of Paradise, →ISBN

    When the egg and sugar mixture is ready, lower the speed to low and add the vanilla seeds, framboise (if using), and the cocoa powder and flour mixture.

    2009, Ina Garten, Barefoot Contessa Back to Basics, →ISBN

    An Irish pub, McCaul’s serves the Guinness, Harp and Bass you'd expect plus a rotating lineup of raspberry framboises and coffee porters.

    2010, Amber Nimocks, “Nightlife”, in Insiders’ Guide® to North Carolina’s Piedmont Triad: Greensboro, Winston-Salem & High Point, Guilford, Conn.: Insiders’ Guide, page 76

    Note that another Belgian sour ale, oud bruin, is sometimes used as the base beer for krieks and framboises.

    2011, James Waller, Drinkology Beer: A Book About the Brew, Stewart, Tabori & Chang

    Synonyms: crème de framboise

  2. countableuncountableA Belgian beer made by fermenting lambic with raspberry.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounRaspberry liqueur.

More synonyms by meaning

nounthe common European raspberry; fruit red or orange

Similar
wild raspberryEuropean raspberryRubus idaeus

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Frenchframboise“raspberry”
  2. Englishframboise

Borrowed from French framboise (“raspberry”). Doublet of bramberry and frambesia.

Full word history & related roots →

Translations

Catalan framboise
  • framboisetraditional Belgian beer
Dutch framboise
  • framboisetraditional Belgian beer
French framboise
  • framboisetraditional Belgian beer
German Framboise
  • Framboisetraditional Belgian beer
Italian framboise
  • framboisetraditional Belgian beer
Norwegian Bokmål framboise
  • framboisetraditional Belgian beer
Polish framboise
  • framboisetraditional Belgian beer
Russian фрамбуаз
  • фрамбуаз (frambuaz)traditional Belgian beer
Spanish framboise
  • framboisetraditional Belgian beer
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APA

framboise. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/framboise

MLA

“framboise.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/framboise. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “framboise,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/framboise.

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