noun · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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General-American:/kʊɚˈʒɛt/
General-American:/kɔɹˈʒɛt/
Received-Pronunciation:/kʊəˈʒɛt/
Received-Pronunciation:/kɔːˈʒɛt/
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rhymes with -ɛt
1
noun
Meaning 1
A particular variety of Cucurbita pepo, a small marrow/squash.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Ireland, UK, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
The edible fruit of this marrow/squash.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
Topics: cooking, food, lifestyle
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
noun
Meaning 3
small cucumber-shaped vegetable marrow; typically dark green
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: zucchini
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: summer squash
4
noun
Meaning 4
marrow squash plant whose fruit are eaten when small
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Unadapted borrowing from French courgette, diminutive of courge (“vegetable marrow, marrow squash”). Ultimately related to zucchini through Latin cucurbita.
Across languages
Translations
92 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Afrikaans:
murgpampoentjie
— a small marrow/squash
Arabic:
كُوسَا
(kūsā)
— a small marrow/squash
Arabic:
كُوسَة
(kūsa)
— a small marrow/squash
Arabic:
كوسة
(kōsa, kūsa)
— a small marrow/squash
Arabic:
كُوسَة
(kūsa)
— a small marrow/squash
Arabic:
قرعة
(qarʕa)
— a small marrow/squash
Armenian:
ցուկկինի
(cʻukkini)
— a small marrow/squash
Belarusian:
кабачо́к
(kabačók)
— a small marrow/squash
Bulgarian:
ти́квичка
(tíkvička)
— a small marrow/squash
Catalan:
carabassó
— a small marrow/squash
Catalan:
carbassó
— a small marrow/squash
Chinese Cantonese:
翠玉瓜
(ceoi3 juk6 gwaa1)
— a small marrow/squash
Chinese Mandarin:
西葫蘆 /西葫芦
(xīhúlu)
— a small marrow/squash
Chinese Mandarin:
夏南瓜
(xiànánguā)
— a small marrow/squash
Cornish:
pompik
— a small marrow/squash
Czech:
cuketa
— a small marrow/squash
Danish:
zucchini
— a small marrow/squash
Danish:
courgette
— a small marrow/squash
Danish:
squash
— a small marrow/squash
Dutch:
courgette
— a small marrow/squash
Esperanto:
kalabaseto
— a small marrow/squash
Faroese:
kursjetta
— a small marrow/squash
Finnish:
kesäkurpitsa
— a small marrow/squash
French:
courgette
— a small marrow/squash
French:
zucchini
— a small marrow/squash
Galician:
cabaciña
— a small marrow/squash
Georgian:
ყაბაყი
(q̇abaq̇i)
— a small marrow/squash
German:
Zucchini
— a small marrow/squash
German:
Zucchetti
— a small marrow/squash
Greek:
κολοκυθάκι
(kolokytháki)
— a small marrow/squash
Greenlandic:
squashi
— a small marrow/squash
Hebrew:
קישוא
(kišú)
— a small marrow/squash
Hungarian:
cukkini
— a small marrow/squash
Icelandic:
kúrbítur
— a small marrow/squash
Icelandic:
dvergbítur
— a small marrow/squash
Indonesian:
zukini
— a small marrow/squash
Irish:
cúirséad
— a small marrow/squash
Italian:
zucchino
— a small marrow/squash
Italian:
zucchina
— a small marrow/squash
Japanese:
ズッキーニ
(zukkīni)
— a small marrow/squash
Kazakh:
кәді
(kädı)
— a small marrow/squash
Korean:
주키니
(jukini)
— a small marrow/squash
Ladino:
kalavasa
— a small marrow/squash
Latvian:
kabacis
— a small marrow/squash
Lithuanian:
cukinija
— a small marrow/squash
Macedonian:
ти́квичка
(tíkvička)
— a small marrow/squash
Malay:
zukini
— a small marrow/squash
Maltese:
ħjara
— a small marrow/squash
Maltese:
qargħa bagħli
— a small marrow/squash
Māori:
roroa
— a small marrow/squash
Mazanderani:
کئیچلیک
(ka'ičelik)
— a small marrow/squash
Navajo:
naayízítsʼósí
— a small marrow/squash
Pannonian Rusyn:
бундавки
(bundavki)
— a small marrow/squash
Persian:
کدو سبز
(kadu sabz)
— a small marrow/squash
Polish:
cukinia
— a small marrow/squash
Polish:
kabaczek
— a small marrow/squash
Portuguese:
abobrinha
— a small marrow/squash
Portuguese:
curgete
— a small marrow/squash
Quechua:
sapallu
— a small marrow/squash
Romanian:
dovlecel
— a small marrow/squash
Romansh:
zucchetti
— a small marrow/squash
Russian:
цукки́ни
(cukkíni)
— a small marrow/squash
Russian:
кабачо́к
(kabačók)
— a small marrow/squash
Serbo-Croatian:
tikvica
— a small marrow/squash
Serbo-Croatian:
tikva
— a small marrow/squash
Sicilian:
cucuzzeḍḍa
— a small marrow/squash
Slovak:
cuketa
— a small marrow/squash
Slovak:
cukina
— a small marrow/squash
Slovene:
bučka
— a small marrow/squash
Spanish:
calabacín
— a small marrow/squash
Spanish:
calabacita
— a small marrow/squash
Spanish:
zapallito
— a small marrow/squash
Spanish:
zapallo italiano
— a small marrow/squash
Spanish:
zapallito italiano
— a small marrow/squash
Spanish:
zucchini
— a small marrow/squash
Swedish:
zucchini
— a small marrow/squash
Swedish:
squash
— a small marrow/squash
Tagalog:
kalabasita
— a small marrow/squash
Tagalog:
kalabasin
— a small marrow/squash
Tarifit:
taxsašt
— a small marrow/squash
Tarifit:
taxsayt
— a small marrow/squash
Tigrinya:
ዙኪኒ
(zukini)
— a small marrow/squash
Turkish:
kabak
— a small marrow/squash
Turkish:
sakız kabağı
— a small marrow/squash
Ukrainian:
кабачо́к
(kabačók)
— a small marrow/squash