Meanings
plural framboises
- 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 425 more examples
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 52Drizzle 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, →ISBNWhen 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, →ISBNAn 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 76Note 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 & ChangSynonyms: crème de framboise
Synonyms & antonyms
nounRaspberry liqueur.
More synonyms by meaning
nounthe common European raspberry; fruit red or orange
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Origin
- Frenchframboise“raspberry”
- Englishframboise
Borrowed from French framboise (“raspberry”). Doublet of bramberry and frambesia.
More words from French
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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framboise. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/framboise
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