different between sorbet vs gelato

English

Etymology

French sorbet, from Middle French [Term?], from Old Italian sorbetto, from Ottoman Turkish ????? (?erbet), from Persian ????? (šarbat), from Arabic ???????? (šarba, “drink”).

Doublet of sherbet and sharbat, related to syrup.

Pronunciation

• (Canada, General American) IPA^(key): /s???be?/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?s??be?/

Noun

sorbet (countable and uncountable, plural sorbets)

1. Frozen fruit juice, sometimes mixed with egg whites, used as dessert or between courses of a meal.

   After dinner we had an orange sorbet that was very refreshing.

Synonyms

• ice
• Italian ice

Translations

See also

• sherbet

Anagrams

• Boster, Stober, Tobers, besort, borest, strobe, tobers

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /s??.b?/

Noun

sorbet m (plural sorbets)

1. sorbet, sherbet

Derived terms

• sorbetière

Further reading

• “sorbet” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Latin

Verb

sorbet

1. third-person singular present active indicative of sorbe?

Polish

Etymology

From French sorbet.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?s?r.b?t/

Noun

sorbet m inan

1. sorbet, sherbet (frozen fruit juice)

Declension

Derived terms

• (adjective) sorbetowy

Further reading

• sorbet in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
• sorbet in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Noun

sorbet m (uncountable)

1. sorbet (frozen fruit juice)

Romanian

Etymology

From French sorbet.

Noun

sorbet n (plural sorbete)

1. sorbet

Declension

English

Alternative forms

• gelati (Australia)

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian gelato (“ice cream”), from Latin gel?tus, derived from gel? (“frost, chill”), ultimately from the Proto-Indo-European *gel- (“cold”).

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /d???l?to?/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /d???l??t??/
• Rhymes: -??t??
• Hyphenation: ge?la?to

Noun

gelato (usually uncountable, plural gelati or gelatos)

1. An Italian variant of ice cream made from milk and sugar, combined with other flavourings. The ingredients are supercooled while stirring to break up ice crystals as they form.

Related terms

• gelateria

Translations

Anagrams

• Goleta, legato

Italian

Etymology

From Latin gel?tus, derived from gel? (“frost, chill”), ultimately from the Proto-Indo-European *gel- (“cold”).
Surface analysis: gelo (“frost, cold”) +? -ato (past participle suffix).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d??e?la.to/
• Rhymes: -ato
• Hyphenation: ge?là?to

Verb

gelato m (feminine singular gelata, masculine plural gelati, feminine plural gelate)

1. past participle of gelare

Adjective

gelato (feminine gelata, masculine plural gelati, feminine plural gelate)

1. icy, frozen, very cold

   Synonyms: freddissimo, gelido, ghiacciato

   Antonyms: ardente, bollente, caldissimo, cocente, incandescente, rovente

Noun

gelato m (plural gelati)

1. (also uncountable) ice cream, gelato

Derived terms

Anagrams

• legato
• tegola

Latin

Participle

gel?t?

1. dative masculine singular of gel?tus
2. dative neuter singular of gel?tus
3. ablative masculine singular of gel?tus
4. ablative neuter singular of gel?tus