sorbet


Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
sorbet /ˈsɔːbeɪ, -bɪt/
noun
  • 1 a water ice.
  • 2 archaic an Arabian sherbet.
– origin C16: from Fr., from Ital. sorbetto, from Turk. şerbet, based on Arab. šariba ‘to drink’; cf. sherbet.
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