sorbetto

See also: sorbettò

Italian

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish شربت (şerbet) (Turkish şerbet), from Persian شربت (šarbat, “sharbat”), from Arabic شَرْبَة (šarba, “drink”); 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

Related terms

• sorbettiera

Etymology 2

Verb

sorbetto

1. first-person singular present indicative of sorbettare

Anagrams

• borsetto, sbotterò