sorbet
French, noun/sɔʁ.bɛ/
sorbet is spelled S-O-R-B-E-T (6 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written French, the 43,844th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sorbet is a French masculine noun meaning “sorbet, sherbet” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Breuvage glacé en neige, parfumé aux liqueurs ou au jus de fruits. On dit aujourd’hui dans ce sens «…”.
What does sorbet mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinesorbet, sherbet
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Breuvage glacé en neige, parfumé aux liqueurs ou au jus de fruits. On dit aujourd’hui dans ce sens « margarita ». 2. Glace à base d’eau, de fruits et de sucre avec parfois adjonction d'alcool.
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 sorbet
- sorbets plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce sorbet?
- /sɔʁ.bɛ/
- \sɔʁ.bɛ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to sorbet
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is sorbet in French?
sorbet appears about once in every 2 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).