curgete

Portuguese

Etymology

Etymology tree

French courge

Proto-Indo-European *-tós

Proto-Italic *-tosder.?

Late Latin -ittus

Old French -et

Middle French -et

French -etder.

French -ette

French courgettebor.

Portuguese curgete

Borrowed from French courgette.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kuʁˈʒɛ.t͡ʃi/ [kuɦˈʒɛ.t͡ʃi]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kuʁˈʒɛ.t͡ʃi/ [kuɦˈʒɛ.t͡ʃi]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /kuɾˈʒɛ.t͡ʃi/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /kuʁˈʒɛ.t͡ʃi/
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /kuɻˈʒɛ.t͡ʃi/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kuɾˈʒɛ.tɨ/

• Hyphenation: cur‧ge‧te

Noun

curgete f (plural curgetes)

1. (Portugal) courgette, zucchini

   Synonym: (Brazil) abobrinha