noun, masculine/soɾˈbete/plural: sorbetes
sorbete is masculine in Spanish.
sorbet; ice cream
Etymology tree
Arabic شَرِبَ (šariba)der.
Arabic شَرْبَة (šarba)bor.
Classical Persian شَرْبَت (šarbat)bor.
Ottoman Turkish شربت (şerbet)bor.
Italian sorbettobor.
Middle French sorbet
French sorbetbor.
Spanish sorbete
Borrowed from French sorbet (“frozen fruit juice dessert”), cf. Brazilian Portuguese sorvete (“ice cream”), from Turkish şerbet (“sherbet”), from Arabic شُرْبَة (šurba, “a drink”), from Arabic شَرِبَ (šariba, “to drink”).
adjective/soɾˈbete/
having difficulty hearing; deaf
Etymology tree
Arabic شَرِبَ (šariba)der.
Arabic شَرْبَة (šarba)bor.
Classical Persian شَرْبَت (šarbat)bor.
Ottoman Turkish شربت (şerbet)bor.
Italian sorbettobor.
Middle French sorbet
French sorbetbor.
Spanish sorbete
Borrowed from French sorbet (“frozen fruit juice dessert”), cf. Brazilian Portuguese sorvete (“ice cream”), from Turkish şerbet (“sherbet”), from Arabic شُرْبَة (šurba, “a drink”), from Arabic شَرِبَ (šariba, “to drink”).
noun, masculine/soɾˈbete/plural: sorbetes
sorbete is masculine in Spanish.
drinking straw
Synonyms: absorbente, bombilla, calimete, caña, cañita, carrizo, pajilla, pajita
Etymology tree
Spanish sorber
Proto-Indo-European *-tós
Proto-Italic *-tosder.?
Late Latin -ittus
Old French -et
Middle French -et
French -etbor.
Spanish -ete
Spanish sorbete
From sorber + -ete.