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HOW TO PRONOUNCE

yogurt

/ˈjoʊ.ɡɚt/

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Start with the vowel sound in “go.”

Stress YOH, with the vowel in go. The final syllable has an r-colored vowel and ends with t.

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Plain yogurt.

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What does yogurt mean?

noun

  1. A milk-based product stiffened by a bacterium-aided curdling process, and sometimes mixed with fruit or other flavoring.
  2. Any similar product based on other substances (e.g. soy yogurt).

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IPA pronunciation

/ˈjoʊ.ɡɚt/

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Most people use some sort of plastic jar, recycled half-gallon yogurt tub, empty waxed paper milk carton, or similar thing to hold kitchen garbage.
Steve SolomonOrganic Gardener's CompostingProject Gutenberg ebook #4342