courgette

English

a courgette

Etymology

Borrowing from French courgette, diminutive of courge (“vegetable marrow, marrow squash”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /kɔːˈʒɛt/, X-SAMPA: /kO:"ZEt/
• Rhymes: -ɛt

Noun

courgette (plural courgettes)

1. (UK, Ireland, New Zealand, uncountable) A particular variety of Cucurbita pepo, a small marrow/squash.
2. (countable) The edible fruit of this marrow/squash.

Synonyms

• zucchini (Australia, US)

Translations

a small marrow/squash

• Arabic: كوسا (ar) (kūsā) f, كوسة (ar) (kūsa, káwsa) f

  Egyptian Arabic: كوسة (kōsa or kūsa) f

• Afrikaans: murgpampoentjie f
• Bulgarian: тиквичка (bg) (tikvička) f
• Catalan: carbassó (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 西葫蘆 (cmn), 西葫芦 (cmn) (xīhúlu), 夏南瓜 (cmn) (xiànánguā), 北瓜 (cmn) (běiguā)

• Czech: cuketa (cs) f
• Danish: zucchini (da), courgette (da), squash (da)
• Dutch: courgette (nl)
• Faroese: kursjetta (fo) f
• Finnish: kesäkurpitsa (fi), zucchini (fi)
• French: courgette (fr) f; zucchini (fr) m (Quebec)
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
• German: Zucchini (de) m pl, (in Switzerland) Zucchetti (de) m pl
• Greek: κολοκυθάκι (el) (kolokytháki) n
• Hebrew: קישוא (he) (kišú) m
• Hungarian: cukkini (hu)
• Icelandic: kúrbít (is)
• Irish: cúirséad (ga) m
• Italian: zucchina (it) f, zucchino (it) m
• Japanese: ズッキーニ (ja) (zukkīni)
• Korean: 주키니 (ko) (jukini)

• Macedonian: тиквичка (mk) (tíkvička) f
• Maltese: ħjara (mt) f
• Navajo: naayízítsʼósí
• Polish: cukinia (pl) f
• Portuguese: abobrinha (pt) f
• Romanian: dovlecel (ro)
• Russian: цуккини (ru) (cukkíni) m (indeclinable), кабачок (ru) (kabačók) m
• Serbo-Croatian: tikvica (sh) f
• Sicilian: cucuzzedda f
• Slovak: cuketa (sk) f, cukina (sk) f
• Slovene: bučka (sl) f
• Spanish: calabacín m, calabacita f (Mexico), zapallito m (Argentina, Uruguay), zapallo italiano m (Chile), zapallito italiano m (Peru), zucchini (es) m (Dominican Republic, Panama, Puerto Rico)
• Swedish: zucchini (sv)
• Venetian: sucàto
• Vietnamese: bí xanh (vi)

See also

• cucumber
• gherkin
• marrow
• pickle
• squash
• zucchini

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French

Etymology

courge (“vegetable marrow, marrow squash”) +‎ -ette

Pronunciation

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• IPA: /kuʁ.ʒɛt/, X-SAMPA: /kuR.ZEt/

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Noun

courgette f (plural courgettes)

1. courgette (UK), zucchini (Australia, US)