sorbet

[ sawr-bey, French sawr-be ]

noun

1. a frozen dairy-free dessert made with sweetened fruit juice or purée.
2. a tart or slightly sweet frozen fruit or vegetable purée, served either between courses to cleanse the palate or as a dessert:

   a refreshing beet sorbet.

sorbet

/ -bɪt; ˈsɔːbeɪ /

noun

1. a water ice made from fruit juice, egg whites, milk, etc
2. a US word for sherbet

Word History and Origins

Origin of sorbet¹

First recorded in 1575–85; from French, from Italian sorbetto, from Turkish şerbet “cool drink”; sherbet

Word History and Origins

Origin of sorbet¹

C16: from French, from Old Italian sorbetto, from Turkish şerbet, from Arabic sharbah a drink

Example Sentences

For years, I've argued there may be no better summer dessert — outside of the realm of ice creams, sorbets and other frozen delights — than crisps and crumbles of all iterations.

From Salon

Mr Pirathapan cooked a winning menu of a seafood starter, a spiced venison main and a dessert of white chocolate and cardamom and saffron cremeux with a lime and chili sorbet.

From BBC

He then capitalized on this, reinventing those familiar flavors at Ruse with a watermelon sorbet with lime curd and crunchy chocolate pearls.

From Salon

“Those guys usually go for coffee flavors. But I think he’s a vegan. He won’t want any milk. So...raspberry sorbet.”

From Literature

Since yarrow is sweet, it has many applications in desserts; sorbet, ice cream and fruit go well with yarrow.

From Salon

Related Words

• frozen yogurt
• sherbet