sorvete
Portuguese
Etymology
Etymology tree
Borrowed from French sorbet, from Middle French sorbet, borrowed from Italian sorbetto, borrowed from Ottoman Turkish شربت (şerbet), borrowed from Classical Persian شَرْبَت (šarbat), borrowed from Arabic شَرْبَة (šarba), from شَرِبَ (šariba). Doublet of sorvete. Compare Salvadoran Spanish sorbete (“ice cream”). Doublet of sorbet.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /soʁˈve.t͡ʃi/ [soɦˈve.t͡ʃi]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /soɾˈve.t͡ʃi/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /soʁˈve.t͡ʃi/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /soɻˈve.te/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /suɾˈve.tɨ/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA(key): /suɾˈbe.tɨ/ [suɾˈβe.tɨ]
- Rhymes: (Brazil) -et͡ʃi, (Portugal) -etɨ
- Hyphenation: sor‧ve‧te
Noun
sorvete m (plural sorvetes)
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Descendants
Further reading
- “sorvete”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
- “sorvete”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
- “sorvete”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
- “sorvete”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025