What French words start with the letter 'y'?

Answer 1

Native French words typically do not begin with the letter "y." The above-mentioned letter often indicates foreign or loan origins. Loan and native words whose spelling starts with the letter "y" mix on the following list:

• y ("here" or "there" as an adverb; "[the letter] y" or "Y-chromosome" as a noun);
  
• yacht, yack ("yak"), yaourt or yoghourt("yogurt"), yaourtière("yogurt-maker"), yatagan (Ottoman Turkish knife);
  
• yé("yeah"), yé-yé (1960s pop-singer or teen-aged fan), yèble ("danewort"), Yémen, Yéménite, yeomans("yeomanry"), yéti ("abominable snowman"), yeuse ("holm oak"), yeux("eyes");
  
• ylang(Philippine perfume tree);
  
• yo-yo, yoga, yogi ("yoga practitioner"), yohimbe(yohimbe-tree), yohimbine (yohimbine alkaloid), yole ("skiff"), yougoslave("Yugoslavian"), Yougoslavie("Yugoslavia"), youpi ("Hurray!"), yourte("yurt"), youyou("dinghy");
  
• ypérite(mustard gas"), ypréau ("white poplar"), Ypres;
  
• ysopet(Medieval fable-book);
  
• ytterbium, yttrium;
  
• yucca, yuppie;
  
• Yvain, Yve, Yves, Yvette, Yvonne.
  

Answer 2

Some French words that start with the letter 'y' are "yaourt" (yogurt), "yeux" (eyes), "yoga" (yoga), and "yacht" (yacht).