sorbe
French, noun/sɔʁb/
sorbe is spelled S-O-R-B-E (5 letters) and appears about once in every 69 million words in written French, the 261,491st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sorbe is a French feminine noun meaning “rowanberry, sorb (fruit)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Fruit du sorbier des oiseleurs et des espèces apparentées du sous-genre Sorbus”.
What does sorbe mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininerowanberry, sorb (fruit)
- 2
femininesorb-apple
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Fruit du sorbier des oiseleurs et des espèces apparentées du sous-genre Sorbus. 2. Fruit de l’ensemble des espèces de sorbier du genre Sorbus (dont le cormier et les alisiers).
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of sorbe
- sorbes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce sorbe?
- /sɔʁb/
- \sɔʁb\
- [sɔʁb]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to sorbe
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is sorbe in French?
sorbe appears about once in every 69 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).