Meanings
plural yogurts · alternative UK yoghurt · alternative dated yoghourt · alternative Canada yogourt · alternative obsolete yaghourt · alternative obsolete yahourt · alternative obsolete yaoort · alternative obsolete yaort · alternative obsolete yaourt · alternative obsolete yaourti · alternative obsolete yoghurd · alternative obsolete yogurd · alternative obsolete yohourth · alternative obsolete yooghort · alternative obsolete yughard · alternative obsolete yughurt
- countableuncountableA 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 Star1 more example
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 TimesSynonyms: milk food
- countableespeciallyin compoundsuncountableAny similar product based on other substances (e.g. soy yogurt).
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA milk-based product stiffened by a bacterium-aided curdling process, and sometimes mixed with fruit or other flavoring.
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Origin
- Proto-Turkic*yogrut
- Ottoman Turkishیوغورت (yoğurt)
- Englishyogurt
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish یوغورت (yoğurt). Ultimately from Proto-Turkic *yogrut.
More words from Ottoman Turkish, Proto-Turkic
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Afrikaans jogurt
- jogurta milk-based product thickened by a bacterium-aided curdling process
Arabic لَبَن, لَبَن زَبَادِيّ
- لَبَن (laban)a milk-based product thickened by a bacterium-aided curdling process
- لَبَن زَبَادِيّ (laban zabādiyy)a milk-based product thickened by a bacterium-aided curdling process
- لَبَن رَائِب (laban rāʔib)a milk-based product thickened by a bacterium-aided curdling process
- رَوْب (rawb)a milk-based product thickened by a bacterium-aided curdling process
- رَوْبَة (rawba)a milk-based product thickened by a bacterium-aided curdling process
- مَاسْت (māst)a milk-based product thickened by a bacterium-aided curdling process
- زَبَادِيّ (zabādiyy)a milk-based product thickened by a bacterium-aided curdling process
Basque jogurt
- jogurta milk-based product thickened by a bacterium-aided curdling process
Bengali দই
- দই (doi)a milk-based product thickened by a bacterium-aided curdling process
Bulgarian ки́село мля́ко, йо́гурт
- ки́село мля́ко (kíselo mljáko)a milk-based product thickened by a bacterium-aided curdling process
- йо́гурт (jógurt)a milk-based product thickened by a bacterium-aided curdling process
Catalan iogurt
- iogurta milk-based product thickened by a bacterium-aided curdling process
Chinese Cantonese 乳酪
- 乳酪 (jyu⁵ lok³)a milk-based product thickened by a bacterium-aided curdling process
Chinese Mandarin 酸奶, 酸牛奶
- 酸奶 (suānnǎi)a milk-based product thickened by a bacterium-aided curdling process
- 酸牛奶 (suānniúnǎi)a milk-based product thickened by a bacterium-aided curdling process
- 酸凝酪 (suānnínglào, suānníngluò)a milk-based product thickened by a bacterium-aided curdling process
- 優酪乳 /优酪乳 (yōulàorǔ, yōuluòrǔ)a milk-based product thickened by a bacterium-aided curdling process
- 發酵乳 /发酵乳 (fājiàorǔ)a milk-based product thickened by a bacterium-aided curdling process
- 乳酪 (rǔlào)a milk-based product thickened by a bacterium-aided curdling process
- 发酵乳 (fājiàorǔ, fāxiàorǔ)a milk-based product thickened by a bacterium-aided curdling process
- 優格 /优格 (yōugé)a milk-based product thickened by a bacterium-aided curdling process
Czech jogurt
- jogurta milk-based product thickened by a bacterium-aided curdling process
Danish jogurt, yoghurt
- jogurta milk-based product thickened by a bacterium-aided curdling process
- yoghurta milk-based product thickened by a bacterium-aided curdling process
Dutch yoghurt
- yoghurta milk-based product thickened by a bacterium-aided curdling process
Esperanto jogurto, jahurto
- jogurtoa milk-based product thickened by a bacterium-aided curdling process
- jahurtoa milk-based product thickened by a bacterium-aided curdling process
Estonian jogurt
- jogurta milk-based product thickened by a bacterium-aided curdling process
Finnish jogurtti
- jogurttia milk-based product thickened by a bacterium-aided curdling process
French yaourt, yogourt
- yaourta milk-based product thickened by a bacterium-aided curdling process
- yogourta milk-based product thickened by a bacterium-aided curdling process
German Joghurt
- Joghurta milk-based product thickened by a bacterium-aided curdling process
Greek γιαούρτι
- γιαούρτι (giaoúrti)a milk-based product thickened by a bacterium-aided curdling process
Hebrew יוֹגוּרְט
- יוֹגוּרְט (yogúrt)a milk-based product thickened by a bacterium-aided curdling process
Hindi दही
- दही (dahī)a milk-based product thickened by a bacterium-aided curdling process
Hungarian joghurt
- joghurta milk-based product thickened by a bacterium-aided curdling process
Icelandic jógúrt
- jógúrta milk-based product thickened by a bacterium-aided curdling process
Indonesian yoghurt, yogurt
- yoghurta milk-based product thickened by a bacterium-aided curdling process
- yogurta milk-based product thickened by a bacterium-aided curdling process
Irish iógart
- iógarta milk-based product thickened by a bacterium-aided curdling process
Italian yogurt, iogurt
- yogurta milk-based product thickened by a bacterium-aided curdling process
- iogurta milk-based product thickened by a bacterium-aided curdling process
- mezzoradoa milk-based product thickened by a bacterium-aided curdling process
Japanese ヨーグルト
- ヨーグルト (yōguruto)a milk-based product thickened by a bacterium-aided curdling process
Korean 요구르트
- 요구르트 (yogureuteu)a milk-based product thickened by a bacterium-aided curdling process
Latin melca, iogurtum
- melcaa milk-based product thickened by a bacterium-aided curdling process
- iogurtuma milk-based product thickened by a bacterium-aided curdling process
Latvian jogurts
- jogurtsa milk-based product thickened by a bacterium-aided curdling process
Lithuanian jogurtas
- jogurtasa milk-based product thickened by a bacterium-aided curdling process
Malay yogurt
- yogurta milk-based product thickened by a bacterium-aided curdling process
Māori waiū tepe, waipupuru
- waiū tepea milk-based product thickened by a bacterium-aided curdling process
- waipupurua milk-based product thickened by a bacterium-aided curdling process
- waiū pupurua milk-based product thickened by a bacterium-aided curdling process
- mirakapēa milk-based product thickened by a bacterium-aided curdling process
Norwegian Bokmål jogurt, yoghurt
- jogurta milk-based product thickened by a bacterium-aided curdling process
- yoghurta milk-based product thickened by a bacterium-aided curdling process
Polish jogurt
- jogurta milk-based product thickened by a bacterium-aided curdling process
Portuguese iogurte
- iogurtea milk-based product thickened by a bacterium-aided curdling process
Punjabi ਦਹੀਂ, دَہِیں
- ਦਹੀਂ (dahī̃)a milk-based product thickened by a bacterium-aided curdling process
- دَہِیں (dahīṉ)a milk-based product thickened by a bacterium-aided curdling process
Romanian iaurt
- iaurta milk-based product thickened by a bacterium-aided curdling process
Russian йо́гурт, простоква́ша
- йо́гурт (jógurt)a milk-based product thickened by a bacterium-aided curdling process
- простоква́ша (prostokváša)a milk-based product thickened by a bacterium-aided curdling process
Scottish Gaelic iogart
- iogarta milk-based product thickened by a bacterium-aided curdling process
Slovak jogurt
- jogurta milk-based product thickened by a bacterium-aided curdling process
Spanish yogur, yogurt
- yogura milk-based product thickened by a bacterium-aided curdling process
- yogurta milk-based product thickened by a bacterium-aided curdling process
- yagurta milk-based product thickened by a bacterium-aided curdling process
Swahili maziwa ya mgando
- maziwa ya mgandoa milk-based product thickened by a bacterium-aided curdling process
Swedish yoghurt
- yoghurta milk-based product thickened by a bacterium-aided curdling process
Tagalog yogart
- yogarta milk-based product thickened by a bacterium-aided curdling process
Tamil தயிர்
- தயிர் (tayir)a milk-based product thickened by a bacterium-aided curdling process
Thai โยเกิร์ต, นมเปรี้ยว
- โยเกิร์ต (yoo-gə̀ət)a milk-based product thickened by a bacterium-aided curdling process
- นมเปรี้ยว (nom-bprîao)a milk-based product thickened by a bacterium-aided curdling process
Turkish yoğurt
- yoğurta milk-based product thickened by a bacterium-aided curdling process
Ukrainian йо́гурт, йо́ґурт
- йо́гурт (jóhurt)a milk-based product thickened by a bacterium-aided curdling process
- йо́ґурт (jógurt)a milk-based product thickened by a bacterium-aided curdling process
- юґу́рт (jugúrt)a milk-based product thickened by a bacterium-aided curdling process
Urdu دَہی, ماسْت
- دَہی (dahī)a milk-based product thickened by a bacterium-aided curdling process
- ماسْت (māst)a milk-based product thickened by a bacterium-aided curdling process
Vietnamese sữa chua, da ua
- sữa chuaa milk-based product thickened by a bacterium-aided curdling process
- da uaa milk-based product thickened by a bacterium-aided curdling process
Welsh iogwrt
- iogwrta milk-based product thickened by a bacterium-aided curdling process
Yiddish יאָגורט
- יאָגורט (yogurt)a milk-based product thickened by a bacterium-aided curdling process
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Cite this entry
yogurt. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/yogurt
“yogurt.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/yogurt. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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