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yogurt

See also: yoğurt

English

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Alternative forms

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obsolete spellings[1]

Etymology

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

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Noun

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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)

  2. A milk-based product stiffened by a bacterium-aided curdling process, and sometimes mixed with fruit or other flavoring.
    • 2009 January 24, Corey Mintz, “Lunching well at Forte bistro and lounge”, in Toronto Star‎[1]:
      Moroccan curried crab and streaks of minty, lemony yogurt add luxury to a supersimple zucchini soup ($14).
    • 2024 September 5, Alice Callahan, “Are Some Ultraprocessed Foods Worse Than Others?”, in The New York Times‎[2]:
      It makes up an estimated 73 percent of the U.S. food supply, and contains stereotypically “unhealthy” products like sodas, candies and hot dogs as well as seemingly “healthy” ones like whole grain breads, breakfast cereals, flavored yogurts and plant milks.
  3. (especially in compounds) Any similar product based on other substances (e.g. soy yogurt).

Usage notes

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

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • → Welsh: iogwrt
  • → Yoruba: yúgọ́ọ̀tì

Translations

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See also

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References

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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 “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.

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Italian

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Etymology

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Unadapted borrowing from Ottoman Turkish یوغورت (yoğurt).

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Noun

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yogurt m (invariable)

  1. yogurt

Derived terms

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

Malay

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English yogurt.

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

  1. yogurt

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Spanish

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Pronunciation

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  • 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

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yogurt m (plural yogurts)

  1. Alternative form of yogur
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