English

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A courgette.

Etymology

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

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Noun

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courgette (plural courgettes)

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

Synonyms

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  • zucchini (Australia, New Zealand, Canada, US)

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Dutch

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Dutch Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia nl

Etymology

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Unadapted borrowing from French courgette, diminutive formed from courge, ultimately from Latin cucurbita.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /kurˈʒɛt/, /ˌkurˈʒɛ.tə/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: cour‧get‧te
  • Rhymes: -ɛt, -ɛtə

Noun

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courgette f (plural courgettes)

  1. a courgette, a zucchini (fruit)
  2. the courgette plant, a variety of Cucurbita pepo

French

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Etymology

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From courge (vegetable marrow, marrow squash) +‎ -ette.

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Noun

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courgette f (plural courgettes)

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

Descendants

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  • Dutch: courgette
  • English: courgette
  • Portuguese: curgete

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