yaourt

English

Alternative forms

• yaoort
• yaort
• youart
• yourt

Etymology

Turkish yōghurt , yoğurt

Noun

yaourt (uncountable)

1. A liquor fermented from milk, originally by the Turks.

Related terms

• yoghourt, yoghurd, yoghurt, yogurt

Anagrams

• Touray, outray

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French

Alternative forms

• yahourt
• yoghourt
• yogourt

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ja.uʁt/

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Noun

yaourt m (plural yaourts)

1. (chiefly France) yoghurt

Usage notes

• This word is treated as if it has an aspirated h despite not being written with an h.
• The variants yoghourt and yogourt are more common in Belgium, Switzerland and Canada. Especially in Canada the form yaourt is rarely used.

Further reading

• “yaourt” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).