courgette

Unadapted borrowing from French courgette, diminutive of courge (“vegetable marrow, marrow squash”).^[1] Ultimately related to zucchini through Latin cucurbita.

• (General American) IPA^(key): /kʊɚˈʒɛt/, /kɔɹˈʒɛt/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /kʊəˈʒɛt/, /kɔːˈʒɛt/

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• Rhymes: -ɛt

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.

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

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

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

• IPA^(key): /kurˈʒɛt/, /ˌkurˈʒɛ.tə/

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• Hyphenation: cour‧get‧te
• Rhymes: -ɛt, -ɛtə

courgette f (plural courgettes)

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

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

• IPA^(key): /kuʁ.ʒɛt/

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courgette f (plural courgettes)

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

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

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