yourte
French edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Russian ю́рта (júrta, “yurt”), from a Turkic language, from Proto-Turkic *yūrt (“dwelling place”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
yourte f (plural yourtes)
- yurt (large, round tent with vertical walls and conical roof)
Descendants edit
- → English: yurt
Further reading edit
- “yourte”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.