yogourt
English edit
Etymology edit
From French yogourt, yoghourt, from Turkish; see yogurt.
Noun edit
yogourt (countable and uncountable, plural yogourts)
Usage notes edit
The spelling yogourt is common on product labels in Canada because it is valid in both English and French, as products are required to be labelled in both languages. Yogurt remains by far the most common spelling in other contexts, however.[1]
References edit
- “yogourt” in the Canadian Oxford Dictionary, Second Edition, Oxford University Press, 2004.
- ^ Joe Clark (2008), Organizing Our Marvellous Neighbours, version 1.1 (2009), page 17
French edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish یوغورت (yōghurt, yoğurt) (Modern Turkish yoğurt). The form yogourt comes from the original Ottoman Turkish whilst the form yaourt comes from the variation yoğurt which is now the standard in Modern Turkish. Compare with cognates of the word in many European languages, e.g. German Joghurt, Italian iogurt, Finnish jogurtti.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
yogourt m (plural yogourts)
Usage notes edit
The form yogourt is common on product labels in Canada because it is valid in both English and French, as products are required to be labelled in both languages.[1]
References edit
- ^ Joe Clark (2008), Organizing Our Marvellous Neighbours, version 1.1 (2009), page 17
Further reading edit
- “yogourt”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.