framboise

[frahn-bwaz]

noun

French.

plural

framboises 

1. raspberry.

2. crème de framboise.

3. a brandy distilled from raspberries.

framboise

/ frɑ̃bwaz /

noun

1. a brandy distilled from raspberries in the Alsace-Lorraine region

Word History and Origins

Origin of framboise¹

C16: from Old French: raspberry, probably of Germanic origin

Example Sentences

They resemble raspberries, and one name for the disease is “framboise,” French for raspberry.

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I think you'll find that because the 's' of framboise is followed by an 'e', then it is pronounced.

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There he ordered an ice of mixed framboise, pistachio, and coffee, and some iced raspberry syrup, and sat outside under the awning, slowly enjoying the ice, sucking the syrup through straws, and thinking.

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He did, and we did, and I had a glass of framboise that packed a hell of a kick and tasted like fizzy raspberry lemonade; and doorstopper fries and a club sandwich.

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Its synonym, frambesia, is from the French, framboise, a raspberry.

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