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courgette

noun · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • General-American: /kʊɚˈʒɛt/
  • General-American: /kɔɹˈʒɛt/
  • Received-Pronunciation: /kʊəˈʒɛt/
  • Received-Pronunciation: /kɔːˈʒɛt/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • 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.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: zucchini

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: marrow, marrow squash, vegetable marrow

History

Etymology

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
  • Uzbek: qovoqcha — a small marrow/squash
  • Venetan: sucàto — a small marrow/squash
  • Vietnamese: bí xanh — a small marrow/squash
  • Welsh: corbwmpen — a small marrow/squash
  • Winnebago: wicąwąksuksik — a small marrow/squash
  • Yiddish: זוקיני (zukini) — a small marrow/squash
  • Yiddish: קוסעלע (kusele) — a small marrow/squash