Definition of framboise in English:
framboise
noun frɒmˈbwɑːzˌframˈbwäz
1(in cooking) a raspberry.
a deep, rich framboise taste
Example sentencesExamples
- They are great with coffee, you can serve them with compote rose, you can crumble them on top of riz au lait à la framboise, grind them to make a cheesecake crust, use them to make speculoos ice-cream…
- Raspberries I see as a sort of baking commodity, like chocolate chips or ground almonds, and I usually keep a bag of frozen framboises in the freezer: in Paris, fresh raspberries come at too high a price for too tiny a basket to drown their delicate taste in a cake, so I have taken to buying Picard's framboises brisées for my baking.
- The framboises confiture were excellent.
- The vendor told me they were framboises americain.
- We settled on a framboise and vanilla mousse cake.
- 1.1mass noun A white brandy distilled from fermented raspberry juice.
Example sentencesExamples
- I could use a glass of wine… or maybe some framboise… and I've always wanted to try a martini.
- There were quite a few bottles gathering dust in the liquor cabinet - Benedictine, framboise, aquavit - and he decided he might as well try them all.
- Sprinkle with the sugar and the framboise or rosewater.
- The eau-de-vie selection now includes framboise, kirsch, and quince.
Origin
French, 'raspberry', from a conflation of Latin fraga ambrosia 'ambrosial strawberry'.