yoghurt
/ˈjɒɡət/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.01 in modern English
14
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "Many icecream shops now sell soft-serve yoghurts, icecreams and ice-desserts that are high in carbos and low in fat."
- "It was certainly an old smell – of that I could be certain. But it was not, I was sure, produced by any of the three thousand one hundred and twenty-six cheeses, yoghurts and fromages blancs that were being stored in the crypt."
- "One serve of carbohydrates is approximately equal to a slice of bread, a piece of fruit, third of a cup of cooked rice, half a cup of grains, cereals, starchy vegetables or cooked pasta, 200 grams of plain yoghurt, or 300 millilitres of milk."
- "fudgy flapjacky fudge […] I always buy one of those flapjacks with a layer of yoghurt on top. But even with the topping, they are just never sweet enough for me. I also love fudge but that can be toe-curlingly sweet. So, in my search for a middle ground, I decided to combine the two."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Turkic *yogrut Ottoman Turkish یوغورت (yoğurt)bor. English yoghurt Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish یوغورت (yoğurt). Ultimately from Proto-Turkic *yogrut.
Word Breakdown
- Root: *yogrut
Regional Pronunciation
- British English: /ˈjɒɡət/
Usage
- British usage
- Countable
- Uncountable