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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)

  1. 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
  2. (especially, in-compounds) Any similar product based on other substances (e.g. soy yogurt).

Forms of yoghurt

pluralyoghurts

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

  1. yoghis
  2. yoghourt
  3. yoghourts
  4. yoghs
  5. yoghurd
  6. yoghurt
  7. yoghurt cheese
  8. yoghurt knitter
  9. yoghurt knitters
  10. yoghurt knitting
  11. yoghurt maker

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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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