framboise

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French framboise (“raspberry”)

Noun

framboise (uncountable)

1. Raspberry liqueur.
   • 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.

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French

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle French, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French framboise (“raspberry”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Frankish *brāmbasja (“blackberry, bramble”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Germanic *brēm- (“bramble”) + (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Germanic *basją (“berry”). Influenced in form by fraise (“strawberry”). Cognate with Old High German brāmberi (“blackberry, bramble”), Dutch braambezie (“raspberry, blackberry”), English brambleberry. More at bramble, berry.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fʁɑ̃.bwaz/

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Noun

framboise f (plural framboises)

1. raspberry (fruit)

   Ces framboises sont délicieuses.

   These raspberries are delicious.

Descendants

• Dutch: framboos
  • Afrikaans: framboos
• Portuguese: framboesa
• Spanish: frambuesa

Adjective

framboise (invariable)

1. raspberry (colour)

   Je porte une chemise framboise.

   I'm wearing a raspberry shirt.

Further reading

• “framboise”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.