English Explanatory Dictionary

courgette

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A particular variety of Cucurbita pepo, a small marrow/squash.
  2. The edible fruit of this marrow/squash.

Pronunciation

/kʊɚˈʒɛt/ /kɔɹˈʒɛt/ /kʊəˈʒɛt/ /kɔːˈʒɛt/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-courgette.wav

Word forms

courgette courgettes

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French courgette, diminutive of courge (“vegetable marrow, marrow squash”). Ultimately related to zucchini through Latin cucurbita.

Synonyms

zucchini

Related words

cucumber gherkin marrow pickle squash zucchini

Derived words

courgetti

Translations

Afrikaans: murgpampoentjie Arabic: كُوسَا Arabic: كُوسَة Arabic: كوسة Arabic: قرعة Armenian: ցուկկինի Belarusian: кабачо́к Bulgarian: ти́квичка Catalan: carabassó Catalan: carbassó Chinese Cantonese: 翠玉瓜 Chinese Mandarin: 西葫蘆 /西葫芦 Chinese Mandarin: 夏南瓜 Cornish: pompik Czech: cuketa Danish: zucchini Danish: courgette Danish: squash Dutch: courgette Esperanto: kalabaseto Faroese: kursjetta Finnish: kesäkurpitsa French: courgette French: zucchini Galician: cabaciña Georgian: ყაბაყი German: Zucchini German: Zucchetti Greek: κολοκυθάκι Greenlandic: squashi Hebrew: קישוא Hungarian: cukkini Icelandic: kúrbítur Icelandic: dvergbítur Indonesian: zukini Irish: cúirséad Italian: zucchino Italian: zucchina Japanese: ズッキーニ Kazakh: кәді Korean: 주키니 Ladino: kalavasa Latvian: kabacis Lithuanian: cukinija Macedonian: ти́квичка Malay: zukini Maltese: ħjara Maltese: qargħa bagħli Māori: roroa Mazanderani: کئیچلیک Navajo: naayízítsʼósí Pannonian Rusyn: бундавки
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