yaourt
English
Alternative forms
- yaoort
- yaourti
- yaort
- youart
- yourt
Etymology
From French yaourt, from Turkish yoğurt[1][2] Doublet of yogurt.
Noun
yaourt (uncountable)
- A liquor fermented from milk, originally by the Turks.
Related terms
- yoghourt, yoghurd, yoghurt, yogurt
References
- Oxford English Dictionary. 1989.
- "yaourt." Dictionary.com. Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1). Random House, Inc. 2008.
Anagrams
- Touray, outray
French
![](Images/wiktionary/Pot_fa%C3%AFence-yaourt_des_Gourmets.jpg.webp)
un pot de yaourt
Alternative forms
- yahourt
- yoghourt
- yogourt
Etymology
From Turkish yoğurt.
Pronunciation
- (aspirated h) IPA(key): /ja.uʁt/, /ja.uʁ/
audio (file)
Noun
yaourt m (plural yaourts)
- (chiefly France) yoghurt
- a song where the singer makes up the words as they're singing, either as dummy lyrics as part of the songwriting process, or because the singer doesn't know the real lyrics of an existing song; used primarily with a verb: chanter en yaourt
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 Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
yaourt on the French Wikipedia.Wikipedia fr