yoghurt
/ˈjɒɡət/
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General South African/ˈjoʊ.ɡət/
yoghurt is the alternative spelling of yogurt.
Meaning of yogurt
Noun
yogurt (countable and uncountable, plural yogurts)
- A milk-based product stiffened by a bacterium-aided curdling process, and sometimes mixed with fruit or other flavoring.
- Moroccan curried crab and streaks of minty, lemony yogurt add luxury to a supersimple zucchini soup ($14).2009 January 24, Corey Mintz, “Lunching well at Forte bistro and lounge”, in Toronto Star
- Synonyms:
- milk food
- Any similar product based on other substances (e.g. soy yogurt).
Forms of yoghurt
| plural | yoghurts |
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Origin of yoghurt
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish یوغورت (yoğurt). Ultimately from Proto-Turkic *yogrut.
Words formed from yoghurt
Phrases with yoghurt
Questions about yoghurt
- What is yoghurt the alternative spelling of?
- Yoghurt is the alternative spelling of yogurt.
- How do you pronounce yoghurt?
- Yoghurt is pronounced /ˈjɒɡət/ (UK).
Words near yoghurt in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: yoghurt (page history and authors); yogurt (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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