yogurt

or yo·ghurt, yo·ghourt

[yoh-gert]

noun

a prepared food having the consistency of custard, made from milk curdled by the action of cultures, sometimes sweetened or flavored.

Origin of yogurt

First recorded in 1615–25, yogurt is from the Turkish word yoğurt

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British Dictionary definitions for yoghurt

yogurt

yoghurt

noun

a thick custard-like food prepared from milk that has been curdled by bacteria, often sweetened and flavoured with fruit, chocolate, etc

Word Origin for yogurt

C19: from Turkish yoğurt

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Word Origin and History for yoghurt

yogurt

1620s, a mispronunciation of Turkish yogurt, in which the -g- is a "soft" sound, in many dialects closer to an English "w." The root yog means roughly "to condense" and is related to yogun "intense," yogush "liquify" (of water vapor), yogur "knead."