yourte

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian ю́рта (júrta, “yurt”), from a Turkic language, from Proto-Turkic *yūrt (“dwelling place”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /juʁt/

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Noun

yourte f (plural yourtes)

1. yurt (large, round tent with vertical walls and conical roof)

Descendants

• → English: yurt

Further reading

• “yourte”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.