mirabelle

mir·a·belle

[mir-uh-bel, mir-uh-bel]
noun
a dry, white plum brandy from Alsace.

Origin:
1700–10; < French; Middle French mirabolan myrobalan, by folk etymology

Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2013.
Cite This Source Link To mirabelle
Collins
World English Dictionary
mirabelle (ˈmɪrəˌbɛl) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
n
1.  a small sweet yellow-orange fruit that is a variety of greengage
2.  a liqueur distilled from this
 
[C18: from French]

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
Cite This Source
00:10
Mirabelle is always a great word to know.
So is doohickey. Does it mean:
a gadget; dingus; thingumbob.
the offspring of a zebra and a donkey.
Copyright © 2013 Dictionary.com, LLC. All rights reserved.
  • Please Login or Sign Up to use the Recent Searches feature
FAVORITES
RECENT