yogurt

See also: yoğurt

English

Alternative forms
obsolete spellings[1]

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish یوغورت (yoğurt).[1][2][3][4]

Pronunciation
  • (Received Pronunciation) enPR: yŏʹgət, IPA(key): /ˈjɒ.ɡət/,[1]
    • Audio (UK)(file)
  • (General American) enPR: yōʹgərt, IPA(key): /ˈjoʊ.ɡɚt/
    • Audio (US)(file)
  • (General Australian) enPR: yōʹgət, IPA(key): /ˈjəʉ.ɡət/
  • Rhymes: (Received Pronunciation) -ɒɡət

Noun
A plate of yogurt.
A package of nondairy yogurt, in this case soy-based. Other nondairy yogurt may be almond, cashew etc. based.

yogurt (countable and uncountable, plural yogurts)

  1. A milk-based product stiffened by a bacterium-aided curdling process, and sometimes mixed with fruit or other flavoring.
  2. (especially in compounds) Any similar product based on other substances (e.g. soy yogurt).

Usage notes

Non-dairy yogurt, at least in the United States, is often labeled "yogurt alternative" on the package.

Derived terms

Descendants
  • → Welsh: iogwrt
  • → Yoruba: yúgọ́ọ̀tì

Translations

See also

References
  1. “yogurt” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary, second edition, 1989
  2. “yogurt”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
  3. “yogurt”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present. (including The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, fourth edition, 2004)
  4. Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “yogurt”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

Further reading

Anagrams

Italian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Ottoman Turkish یوغورت (yoğurt).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈjɔ.ɡurt/[1]
  • Rhymes: -ɔɡurt
  • Hyphenation: yò‧gurt

Noun

yogurt m (invariable)

  1. yogurt

Derived terms

References
  1. yogurt in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

Malay

Etymology

Borrowed from English yogurt.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /joɡut/, /joɡət/
  • Rhymes: -ut, -ət

Noun

yogurt (Jawi spelling يوݢورت, plural yogurt-yogurt, informal 1st possessive yogurtku, 2nd possessive yogurtmu, 3rd possessive yogurtnya)

  1. yogurt

Further reading

Spanish

Pronunciation
 
  • IPA(key): (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay) /ʝoˈɡuɾt/ [ɟ͡ʝoˈɣ̞uɾt̪]
  • IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /ʃoˈɡuɾt/ [ʃoˈɣ̞uɾt̪]
  • IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /ʒoˈɡuɾt/ [ʒoˈɣ̞uɾt̪]

  • Rhymes: -uɾt
  • Syllabification: yo‧gurt

Noun

yogurt m (plural yogurts)

  1. Alternative form of yogur
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