Meanings
nouncourgette (plural courgettes)
plural courgettes
- IrelandUKuncountableA particular variety of Cucurbita pepo, a small marrow/squash.
- countablecookingThe edible fruit of this marrow/squash.
Synonyms & antonyms
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nounmarrow squash plant whose fruit are eaten when small
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Origin
Translations
Afrikaans murgpampoentjie
- murgpampoentjiea small marrow/squash
Arabic كُوسَا, كُوسَة
- كُوسَا (kūsā)a small marrow/squash
- كُوسَة (kūsa)a small marrow/squash
Basque kuiatxo
- kuiatxoa small marrow/squash
Bulgarian ти́квичка
- ти́квичка (tíkvička)a small marrow/squash
Catalan carabassó, carbassó
- carabassóa small marrow/squash
- carbassóa small marrow/squash
Chinese Cantonese 翠玉瓜
- 翠玉瓜 (ceoi³ juk⁶ gwaa¹)a small marrow/squash
Chinese Mandarin 西葫蘆 /西葫芦, 夏南瓜
- 西葫蘆 /西葫芦 (xīhúlu)a small marrow/squash
- 夏南瓜 (xiànánguā)a small marrow/squash
Czech cuketa
- cuketaa small marrow/squash
Danish zucchini, courgette
- zucchinia small marrow/squash
- courgettea small marrow/squash
- squasha small marrow/squash
Dutch courgette
- courgettea small marrow/squash
Esperanto kalabaseto
- kalabasetoa small marrow/squash
Finnish kesäkurpitsa
- kesäkurpitsaa small marrow/squash
French courgette, zucchini
- courgettea small marrow/squash
- zucchinia small marrow/squash
German Zucchini, Zucchetti
- Zucchinia small marrow/squash
- Zucchettia small marrow/squash
Greek κολοκυθάκι
- κολοκυθάκι (kolokytháki)a small marrow/squash
Hebrew קישוא
- קישוא (kišú)a small marrow/squash
Hungarian cukkini
- cukkinia small marrow/squash
Icelandic kúrbítur, dvergbítur
- kúrbítura small marrow/squash
- dvergbítura small marrow/squash
Indonesian zukini
- zukinia small marrow/squash
Irish cúirséad
- cúirséada small marrow/squash
Italian zucchino, zucchina
- zucchinoa small marrow/squash
- zucchinaa small marrow/squash
Japanese ズッキーニ
- ズッキーニ (zukkīni)a small marrow/squash
Korean 주키니
- 주키니 (jukini)a small marrow/squash
Latvian kabacis
- kabacisa small marrow/squash
Lithuanian cukinija
- cukinijaa small marrow/squash
Malay zukini
- zukinia small marrow/squash
Māori roroa
- roroaa small marrow/squash
Persian کدو سبز
- کدو سبز (kadu sabz)a small marrow/squash
Polish cukinia, kabaczek
- cukiniaa small marrow/squash
- kabaczeka small marrow/squash
Portuguese abobrinha, curgete
- abobrinhaa small marrow/squash
- curgetea small marrow/squash
Romanian dovlecel
- dovlecela small marrow/squash
Russian цукки́ни, кабачо́к
- цукки́ни (cukkíni)a small marrow/squash
- кабачо́к (kabačók)a small marrow/squash
Slovak cuketa, cukina
- cuketaa small marrow/squash
- cukinaa small marrow/squash
Spanish calabacín, calabacita
- calabacína small marrow/squash
- calabacitaa small marrow/squash
- zapallitoa small marrow/squash
- zapallo italianoa small marrow/squash
- zapallito italianoa small marrow/squash
- zucchinia small marrow/squash
Swedish zucchini, squash
- zucchinia small marrow/squash
- squasha small marrow/squash
Tagalog kalabasita, kalabasin
- kalabasitaa small marrow/squash
- kalabasina small marrow/squash
Turkish kabak, sakız kabağı
- kabaka small marrow/squash
- sakız kabağıa small marrow/squash
Ukrainian кабачо́к
- кабачо́к (kabačók)a small marrow/squash
Vietnamese bí xanh
- bí xanha small marrow/squash
Welsh corbwmpen
- corbwmpena small marrow/squash
Yiddish זוקיני, קוסעלע
- זוקיני (zukini)a small marrow/squash
- קוסעלע (kusele)a small marrow/squash
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with courgette
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APA
courgette. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/courgette
MLA
“courgette.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/courgette. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “courgette,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/courgette.
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