framboise

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from French framboise (“raspberry”). Doublet of bramberry and frambesia. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /fɹɑmˈbwɑz/, /fɹæm-/, /-ˈbwɑ/ === Noun === framboise (countable and uncountable, plural framboises) Raspberry liqueur. Synonym: crème de framboise A Belgian beer made by fermenting lambic with raspberry. ==== Translations ==== == French == === Etymology === Inherited from Middle French and Old French framboise (“raspberry”), from Frankish *brāmabasi (“blackberry”) (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 === IPA(key): /fʁɑ̃.bwaz/ === Noun === framboise f (plural framboises) raspberry (fruit) framboise (a Belgian beer made by fermenting lambic with raspberry) ==== Derived terms ==== crème de framboise framboisier ==== Descendants ==== === Adjective === framboise (invariable) raspberry (colour) === Further reading === “framboise”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012