sorbetto

See also: sorbettò

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sorˈbet.to/
  • Rhymes: -etto
  • Hyphenation: sor‧bét‧to

Etymology 1

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    Arabic شَرِبَ (šariba)der.
    Arabic شَرْبَة (šarba)bor.
    Classical Persian شَرْبَت (šarbat)bor.
    Ottoman Turkish شربت (şerbet)bor.
    Italian sorbetto

    Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish شربت (şerbet), borrowed from Classical Persian شَرْبَت (šarbat), borrowed from Arabic شَرْبَة (šarba), from شَرِبَ (šariba). Unrelated to sorbire, despite phonetic and semantic similarities, but partly influenced by it. Doublet of sciroppo.

    Noun

    sorbetto m (plural sorbetti)

    1. sorbet, sherbet
    2. (vulgar, slang) a fellatio
    Descendants
    • → French: sorbet
      • → Portuguese: sorvete
        • → Hunsrik: Sorvett, Sërvett
      • → Portuguese: sorbet

    Etymology 2

    Verb

    sorbetto

    1. first-person singular present indicative of sorbettare

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