sorbet

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Canada, US/sɔɹˈbeɪ/UK/ˈsɔːbeɪ/

noun

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.”

Similar
iceItalian icewater ice
OriginMiddle French sorbet ← Italian sorbetto ← Ottoman Turkish شربت (şerbet) →
Less commonScrabble 8
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Meanings

nounsorbet (countable and uncountable, plural sorbets)

plural sorbets

  1. countableuncountableFrozen 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

Synonyms & antonyms

nounFrozen fruit juice, sometimes mixed with egg whites, eaten as dessert or between courses of a meal.

Similar
iceItalian ice

More synonyms by meaning

nounan ice containing no milk but having a mushy consistency; usually made from fruit juice

Similar
water ice
Broader
icefrappe
Also see
water ice

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Arabicشَرِبَ (šariba)
  2. Arabicشَرْبَة (šarba)
  3. Classical Persianشَرْبَت (šarbat)
  4. Ottoman Turkishشربت (şerbet)
  5. Italiansorbetto
  6. Middle Frenchsorbet
  7. Englishsorbet

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.

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Translations

Arabic شَرْبَات مُثَلَّج
  • شَرْبَات مُثَلَّج (šarbāt muṯallaj)frozen fruit juice
Bulgarian шербе́т, сорбе́
  • шербе́т (šerbét)frozen fruit juice
  • сорбе́ (sorbé)frozen fruit juice
Catalan sorbet, xarrup
  • sorbetfrozen fruit juice
  • xarrupfrozen fruit juice
Chinese Mandarin 雪葩, 雪芭
  • 雪葩 (xuěpā)frozen fruit juice
  • 雪芭 (xuěbā)frozen fruit juice
  • 雪寶 /雪宝 (xuěbǎo)frozen fruit juice
  • 雪酪frozen fruit juice
Finnish sorbetti
  • sorbettifrozen fruit juice
French sorbet
  • sorbetfrozen fruit juice
German Sorbet
  • Sorbetfrozen fruit juice
Greek σορμπέ
  • σορμπέ (sormpé)frozen fruit juice
Indonesian sorbet
  • sorbetfrozen fruit juice
Italian sorbetto
  • sorbettofrozen fruit juice
Japanese シャーベット, ソルベ
  • シャーベット (shābetto)frozen fruit juice
  • ソルベ (sorube)frozen fruit juice
Korean 셔벗, 소르베
  • 셔벗 (syeobeot)frozen fruit juice
  • 소르베 (soreube)frozen fruit juice
Persian سربی
  • سربیfrozen fruit juice
Polish sorbet
  • sorbetfrozen fruit juice
Portuguese sorvete
  • sorvetefrozen fruit juice
Spanish sorbeto
  • sorbetofrozen fruit juice
Swedish sorbet
  • sorbetfrozen fruit juice
Thai ซอร์เบ
  • ซอร์เบfrozen fruit juice
Turkish sorbet
  • sorbetfrozen fruit juice

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with sorbet

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Anagrams

strobeStoberbosterbesortOberts
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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