Meanings
plural labnehs · alternative lebneh · alternative labaneh · alternative labne · alternative lebni · alternative labane · alternative lebnah · alternative lebna · alternative labna · alternative labana · alternative lebeni · alternative lebeneh · alternative lebenah · alternative labnah
- countableuncountableYogurt that has been strained to filter or remove the whey and thus has a consistency between that of yogurt and cheese.
And I can assure you, were he to encounter the entire crew of the aircraft carrier Enterprise, he’d serve them eggs sunny-side up, and labneh fresh from the bag.
2009 May 6, Dwight Garner, “A Merchant of Trinkets and Memories”, in New York TimesSynonyms: strained yoghurt, yoghurt cheese, Greek yogurt
Synonyms & antonyms
nounYogurt that has been strained to filter or remove the whey and thus has a consistency between that of yogurt and cheese.
Origin
- North Levantine Arabicلَبْنِة
- Englishlabneh
From North Levantine Arabic لَبْنِة (labne), most likely popularized in English by Lebanese emigrants; meanwhile, some alternative forms instead reflect the pronunciation لَبَنِة (labane), an older form more typically retained in Palestinian dialects. Ultimately an unclear derivation of Levantine Arabic لَبَن (laban, “yogurt”) + ـِة (-e, feminine ending).
More words from North Levantine Arabic
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic لَبْنَة
- لَبْنَة (labna)strained yoghurt, yoghurt cheese
Catalan iogurt grec, iogurt colat
- iogurt grecstrained yoghurt, yoghurt cheese
- iogurt colatstrained yoghurt, yoghurt cheese
Czech řecký jogurt
- řecký jogurtstrained yoghurt, yoghurt cheese
Dutch hangop
- hangopstrained yoghurt, yoghurt cheese
Finnish valutettu jogurtti
- valutettu jogurttistrained yoghurt, yoghurt cheese
French labné
- labnéstrained yoghurt, yoghurt cheese
German Abtropfjoghurt, (exotism) Labneh
- Abtropfjoghurtstrained yoghurt, yoghurt cheese
- (exotism) Labnehstrained yoghurt, yoghurt cheese
- Labnéstrained yoghurt, yoghurt cheese
Greek στραγγιστό γιαούρτι
- στραγγιστό γιαούρτι (strangistó giaoúrti)strained yoghurt, yoghurt cheese
Hebrew לַבָּנֶה
- לַבָּנֶה (lábane)strained yoghurt, yoghurt cheese
Italian labneh, labaneh
- labnehstrained yoghurt, yoghurt cheese
- labanehstrained yoghurt, yoghurt cheese
- yogurt grecostrained yoghurt, yoghurt cheese
Japanese ラブナ, ラブネ
- ラブナ (rabuna)strained yoghurt, yoghurt cheese
- ラブネ (rabune)strained yoghurt, yoghurt cheese
- ギリシャヨーグルト (Girisha-yōguruto)strained yoghurt, yoghurt cheese
Persian ماست چکیده
- ماست چکیده (mâst-e čekide)strained yoghurt, yoghurt cheese
Polish jogurt grecki
- jogurt greckistrained yoghurt, yoghurt cheese
Russian гре́ческий йо́гурт, лабнэ́
- гре́ческий йо́гурт (gréčeskij jógurt)strained yoghurt, yoghurt cheese
- лабнэ́ (labnɛ́)strained yoghurt, yoghurt cheese
- сузьма́ (suzʹmá)strained yoghurt, yoghurt cheese
- сюзьма́ (sjuzʹmá)strained yoghurt, yoghurt cheese
- творо́г (tvoróg)strained yoghurt, yoghurt cheese
- тво́рог (tvórog)strained yoghurt, yoghurt cheese
Slovak grécky jogurt
- grécky jogurtstrained yoghurt, yoghurt cheese
Spanish yogur griego, labna
- yogur griegostrained yoghurt, yoghurt cheese
- labnastrained yoghurt, yoghurt cheese
- labnestrained yoghurt, yoghurt cheese
Turkish süzme yoğurt, labne
- süzme yoğurtstrained yoghurt, yoghurt cheese
- labnestrained yoghurt, yoghurt cheese
Yiddish לאַבאַנע
- לאַבאַנע (labane)strained yoghurt, yoghurt cheese
Cite this entry
labneh. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/labneh
“labneh.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/labneh. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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