yogurt
/ˈjɒɡ.ət//ˈjoʊ.ɡɚt/
yogurt noun: a milk-based product stiffened by a bacterium-aided curdling process, and sometimes mixed with fruit or other flavoring.
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
- 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.2024 May 9, Alice Callahan, “Are Some Ultraprocessed Foods Worse Than Others?”, in The New York Times
- Synonyms:
- milk food
- Any similar product based on other substances (e.g. soy yogurt).
yogurt meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
yogurt in Hindi
- a milk-based product thickened by a bacterium-aided curdling process
- दही dahī
yogurt in Tamil
- a milk-based product thickened by a bacterium-aided curdling process
- தயிர் tayir
yogurt in Marathi
- a milk-based product thickened by a bacterium-aided curdling process
- दही dahī
yogurt in Urdu
- a milk-based product thickened by a bacterium-aided curdling process
- دَہی dahī, ماسْت māst
More languagesFewer languages
- yogurt in Bengali
- দই doi
- yogurt in Telugu
- పెరుగు perugu
- yogurt in Malayalam
- തൈര് tairŭ
- yogurt in Kannada
- ಮೊಸರು mosaru
- yogurt in Punjabi
- ਦਹੀਂ dahī̃, دَہِیں dahīṉ
- yogurt in Gujarati
- દહીં dahī̃
- yogurt in Sinhala
- යෝගට් yōgaṭ
- yogurt in Assamese
- দৈ doi
- yogurt in Nepali
- दहि dahi
- yogurt in Pashto
- ماسته māstə, مستى masté
- yogurt in Tagalog
- yogart
- yogurt in Arabic
- لَبَن laban, لَبَن زَبَادِيّ laban zabādiyy, لَبَن رَائِب laban rāʔib, رَوْب rawb
- yogurt in Malay
- yogurt
- yogurt in Indonesian
- yoghurt, yogurt
- yogurt in Thai
- โยเกิร์ต yoo-gə̀ət, นมเปรี้ยว nom-bprîao
- yogurt in Vietnamese
- sữa chua, da ua
- yogurt in Myanmar
- ဒိန်ချဉ် dinhkyany
- Sindhi
- ڏهي ḏe
Examples of yogurt in a sentence
- "Superhealth Yogurt" would be a misdescriptive trademark for a yogurt that was very high in fat.
- Spoon the yogurt sauce over the vegetables on the sheet pan.
- Fold the whipped cream into the yogurt mixture, one whiskful at a time.
Synonyms of yogurt
Forms of yogurt
| plural | yogurts |
|---|---|
| alternative UK | yoghurt |
| alternative Canada | yogourt |
| alternative form (dated) | yoghourt |
| alternative form (obsolete) | yaghourt |
| alternative form (obsolete) | yahourt |
| alternative form (obsolete) | yaoort |
| alternative form (obsolete) | yaort |
| alternative form (obsolete) | yaourt |
| alternative form (obsolete) | yaourti |
| alternative form (obsolete) | yoghurd |
| alternative form (obsolete) | yogurd |
| alternative form (obsolete) | yohourth |
| alternative form (obsolete) | yooghort |
| alternative form (obsolete) | yughard |
| alternative form (obsolete) | yughurt |
Origin of yogurt
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish یوغورت (yoğurt). Ultimately from Proto-Turkic *yogrut.
Words formed from yogurt
Phrases with yogurt
Questions about yogurt
- What does yogurt mean?
- Yogurt means a milk-based product stiffened by a bacterium-aided curdling process, and sometimes mixed with fruit or other flavoring.
- What is yogurt in Hindi?
- Yogurt in Hindi is दही (dahī). See Yogurt meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is yogurt?
- Yogurt is a noun.
- How do you pronounce yogurt?
- Yogurt is pronounced /ˈjɒɡ.ət/ (UK).
- What is the plural of yogurt?
- The plural of yogurt is yogurts.
Words near yogurt in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: 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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