framboise

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English

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French framboise (raspberry). Doublet of bramberry and frambesia.

Noun

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framboise (countable and uncountable, plural framboises)

  1. Raspberry liqueur.
    Synonym: crème de framboise
    • 1996, Food & Wine: The Guide to Good Taste, page 42:
      The krieks and framboises are fine accompaniments to salads or main dishes made with fruits.
    • 2002, Dana Stabenow, A Fine and Bitter Snow, →ISBN, page 52:
      Ruthe poured another round of coffee, this time with a shot glass of the framboise Dina made from their raspberry patch every fall.
    • 2007, B. Clay Moore, Hawaiian Dick Vol. 1: Byrd Of Paradise, →ISBN:
      Drizzle in (down the sides of the glass, for optimum streaky lines) some framboise (or creme d'cassis, if that's what you have, or some other dark, sticky, red liqueur).
    • 2009, Ina Garten, Barefoot Contessa Back to Basics, →ISBN:
      When the egg and sugar mixture is ready, lower the speed to low and add the vanilla seeds, framboise (if using), and the cocoa powder and flour mixture.
    • 2010, Amber Nimocks, “Nightlife”, in Insiders’ Guide® to North Carolina’s Piedmont Triad: Greensboro, Winston-Salem & High Point, Guilford, Conn.: Insiders’ Guide, page 76:
      An Irish pub, McCaul’s serves the Guinness, Harp and Bass you'd expect plus a rotating lineup of raspberry framboises and coffee porters.
    • 2011, James Waller, Drinkology Beer: A Book About the Brew, Stewart, Tabori & Chang:
      Note that another Belgian sour ale, oud bruin, is sometimes used as the base beer for krieks and framboises.
    • 2011, Tony D’Souza, Mule: A Novel of Moving Weight, Boston, Mass., New York, N.Y.: Mariner Books, →ISBN, page 199:
      There, we muscled our way into the bar, and I ordered us framboises on tap.

French

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Etymology

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Inherited from Middle French and Old French framboise (raspberry), from Frankish *brāmabasi (whence Dutch braambes), variant of Proto-West Germanic *brāmabaʀi (whence German Brombeere), all "blackberry, bramble". The French f- is due to dissimilation and influence by unrelated fraise (strawberry).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /fʁɑ̃.bwaz/
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Noun

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framboise f (plural framboises)

  1. raspberry (fruit)
    Ces framboises sont délicieuses.
    These raspberries are delicious.

Derived terms

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Descendants

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Adjective

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framboise (invariable)

  1. raspberry (colour)
    Je porte une chemise framboise.
    I'm wearing a raspberry shirt.

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