different between yaourt vs leban

English

Alternative forms

• yaoort
• yaourti
• yaort
• youart
• yourt

Etymology

From French yaourt, from Turkish yo?urt Doublet of yogurt

Noun

yaourt (uncountable)

1. A liquor fermented from milk, originally by the Turks.

Related terms

• yoghourt, yoghurd, yoghurt, yogurt

References

Anagrams

• Touray, outray

French

Alternative forms

• yahourt
• yoghourt
• yogourt

Etymology

From Turkish yo?urt.

Pronunciation

• ^{(aspirated h)} IPA^(key): /ja.u?t/, /ja.u?/

Noun

yaourt m (plural yaourts)

1. (chiefly France) yoghurt
2. a song where the singer makes up the words as they're singing, either as dummy lyrics as part of the songwriting process, or because the singer doesn't know the real lyrics of an existing song; used primarily with a verb: chanter en yaourt

Usage notes

• This word is treated as if it has an aspirated h despite not being written with an h.
• The variants yoghourt and yogourt are more common in Belgium, Switzerland and Canada. Especially in Canada the form yaourt is rarely used.

Further reading

• “yaourt” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
• yaourt on the French Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^fr

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic ?????? (laban, “milk”).

Noun

leban (uncountable)

1. Coagulated sour milk diluted with water.
2. Yoghurt (as used in Middle Eastern cuisine).
3. A fermented liquor made with coagulated sour milk.

Related terms

• labneh (yoghurt cheese)

Translations

See also

• yogurt
• yaourt

Anagrams

• Balne, Blane, Elban, ablen