courge

French

Etymology

From Old French cohourde, ultimately from Latin cucurbita, perhaps via Vulgar Latin *cucurbica. Doublet of gourde.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kuʁʒ/

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Noun

courge f (plural courges)

1. marrow (UK; vegetable), vegetable marrow (UK), marrow squash (US)

Derived terms

• courgette

Further reading

• “courge”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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Norman

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin cucurbita.

Noun

courge f (plural courges)

1. (Jersey) marrow

Synonyms

• m'lon