courgette

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

• (General American) IPA^(key): /kʊɹˈʒɛt/, /kɔɹˈʒɛt/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /kʊəˈʒɛt/, /kɔːˈʒɛt/
• Rhymes: -ɛt

courgette (plural courgettes)

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

• zucchini (Australia, Canada, US)

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

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)

• “courgette” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).