framboise

English

Etymology

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

Noun

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

Etymology

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

• IPA^(key): /fʁɑ̃.bwaz/

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Noun

framboise f (plural framboises)

1. raspberry (fruit)

   Ces framboises sont délicieuses.

   These raspberries are delicious.

Derived terms

• crème de framboise

Descendants

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 , 2012.