sorbet

noun

USsor-BAY/sɔɹˈbeɪ/UKSOR-bay/ˈsɔːbeɪ/

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nouncountable or uncountable
A frozen sweet made from fruit juice, eaten as a dessert or between the courses of a meal.
Like ice cream, but made from fruit juice instead of milk.
We had lemon sorbet for dessert after dinner.
The waiter brought a small dish of sorbet between the courses.
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Origin

English took this word from Middle French sorbet, which came from Italian sorbetto. The word goes back through Turkish and Persian to an Arabic word meaning 'a drink', from a root meaning 'to drink'.