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No. Yom Kippur is a fast day, but that is not the literal meaning of the phrase. Yom Kippur (יום כיפור) means "day of atonement" in Ancient Hebrew. Yom means day and Kippur means atonenment.

Fasting = tsom (צום) or ta'anit (תענית)

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