labneh
lab·neh/ˈlæb.neɪ/noun
labneh is a noun meaning “Yogurt that has been strained to filter or remove the whey and thus has a consistency between that of yogurt and cheese” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled L-A-B-N-E-H and has 2 syllables (lab·neh), and it appears about once in every 48 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of labneh is labnehs.
What does labneh mean?
noun
- 1
Yogurt that has been strained to filter or remove the whey and thus has a consistency between that of yogurt and cheese.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce labneh?
- /ˈlæb.neɪ/
- /ˈlɛb.neɪ/
Labneh has 2 syllables, split lab·neh in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of labneh
- labnehs plural
- lebneh
- labaneh
- labne
- lebni
- labane
- lebnah
- lebna
- labna
- labana
- lebeni
- lebeneh
- lebenah
- labnah
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is labneh?
Labneh appears about once in every 48 million words in written English, the 214,628th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Labneh in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense strained yoghurt, yoghurt cheese:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | labné |
| German | Abtropfjoghurt, (exotism) Labneh, Labné |
| Spanish | yogur griego, labna, labne |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does labneh come from?
From South Levantine Arabic لَبْنَة (labne).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).