squash

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• UK: /skwɒʃ/
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• US: /skwɔʃ/
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• cot-caught-merger: /skwɑʃ/
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From Middle English squachen, squatchen, from Old French esquacher, escachier, from Vulgar Latin *excoāctiāre, from Latin ex + coāctāre. Probably influenced by Middle English quashen, quassen, from Old French esquasser, escasser (“to crush, shatter, destroy, break”), from Vulgar Latin *exquassare, from Latin ex- + quassare (“to shatter”) (see quash).

Shortening of Narragansett askutasquash (“[a vegetable] eaten green (or raw)”), from askut (“green, raw”) + asquash (“eaten”).

Clipping of musquash.

176 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: muurbal — the sport
• Bulgarian: скуош (skuoš) — the sport
• Catalan: esquaix — the sport
• Chinese Mandarin: 壁球 (bìqiú) — the sport
• Czech: squash — the sport
• Danish: squash — the sport
• Dutch: squash — the sport
• Esperanto: skvaŝo — the sport
• Finnish: squash — the sport
• Finnish: kössi — the sport
• French: squash — the sport
• German: Squash — the sport
• Hungarian: fallabda — the sport
• Hungarian: squash — the sport
• Icelandic: skvass — the sport
• Indonesian: skuas — the sport
• Japanese: スカッシュ (sukasshu) — the sport
• Kazakh: сквош (skvoş) — the sport
• Korean: 스쿼시 (seukwosi) — the sport
• Central Kurdish: سکواش (sikwaş) — the sport
• Malay: skuasy — the sport
• Māori: poipātū — the sport
• Norwegian Bokmål: squash — the sport
• Norwegian Bokmål: skvåsj — the sport
• Norwegian Nynorsk: squash — the sport
• Norwegian Nynorsk: skvåsj — the sport
• Persian: اسکواش (eskuâš) — the sport
• Polish: squash — the sport
• Portuguese: squash — the sport
• Russian: сквош (skvoš) — the sport
• Serbo-Croatian: скво̏ш — the sport
• Serbo-Croatian: skvȍš — the sport
• Slovak: squash — the sport
• Slovene: skvoš — the sport
• Spanish: squash — the sport
• Swedish: squash — the sport
• Ukrainian: сквош (skvoš) — the sport
• Vietnamese: bóng quần — the sport
• Welsh: sboncen — the sport
• Abenaki: wasawa — plant and its fruit of the genus Cucurbita
• Arabic: عجور (ʕagūr) — plant and its fruit of the genus Cucurbita
• Arabic: ڭْرعة (grəʕa) — plant and its fruit of the genus Cucurbita
• Arabic: ڭرعة حمرة (grəʕa ḥəmra) — plant and its fruit of the genus Cucurbita
• Arabic: ڭْرعة رطيلية (grəʕa rṭiliya) — plant and its fruit of the genus Cucurbita
• Bulgarian: тиква (tikva) — plant and its fruit of the genus Cucurbita
• Central Bikol: karabasa — plant and its fruit of the genus Cucurbita
• Cherokee: ᏩᎩᎦ (wagiga) — plant and its fruit of the genus Cucurbita
• Chinese Mandarin: 南瓜 (nánguā) — plant and its fruit of the genus Cucurbita
• Cree: ᐅᓵᐏᐸᐠ (osaawipak) — plant and its fruit of the genus Cucurbita
• Czech: tykev — plant and its fruit of the genus Cucurbita
• Dutch: kalebas — plant and its fruit of the genus Cucurbita
• Esperanto: kukurbo — plant and its fruit of the genus Cucurbita
• Finnish: kurpitsa — plant and its fruit of the genus Cucurbita
• French: courge — plant and its fruit of the genus Cucurbita
• Galician: cabaza — plant and its fruit of the genus Cucurbita
• Galician: botefa — plant and its fruit of the genus Cucurbita
• Georgian: გოგრა (gogra) — plant and its fruit of the genus Cucurbita
• German: Kürbis — plant and its fruit of the genus Cucurbita
• Greek: κολοκύθα (kolokýtha) — plant and its fruit of the genus Cucurbita
• Hawaiian: pū — plant and its fruit of the genus Cucurbita
• Hindi: स्क्वाश (skvāś) — plant and its fruit of the genus Cucurbita
• Hungarian: tök — plant and its fruit of the genus Cucurbita
• Ido: kukurbito — plant and its fruit of the genus Cucurbita
• Inuttitut: semitsik — plant and its fruit of the genus Cucurbita
• Irish: puimcín — plant and its fruit of the genus Cucurbita
• Irish: scuais — plant and its fruit of the genus Cucurbita
• Italian: zucca — plant and its fruit of the genus Cucurbita
• Japanese: 南瓜 (kabocha) — plant and its fruit of the genus Cucurbita
• Central Kurdish: کودی (kudî) — plant and its fruit of the genus Cucurbita
• Ladino: kalavasa — plant and its fruit of the genus Cucurbita
• Lakota: wagmublu — plant and its fruit of the genus Cucurbita
• Lakota: wagmu — plant and its fruit of the genus Cucurbita
• Māori: kamokamo — plant and its fruit of the genus Cucurbita
• Māori: pāpapa — plant and its fruit of the genus Cucurbita
• Māori: paukena — plant and its fruit of the genus Cucurbita
• Marshallese: baan̄ke — plant and its fruit of the genus Cucurbita
• Mohawk: ononʼónsera — plant and its fruit of the genus Cucurbita
• Mohegan-Pequot: áskot — plant and its fruit of the genus Cucurbita
• Narragansett: askutasquash — plant and its fruit of the genus Cucurbita
• Navajo: naayízí — plant and its fruit of the genus Cucurbita
• Navajo: naayízíłtsooí — plant and its fruit of the genus Cucurbita
• Norwegian Bokmål: squash — plant and its fruit of the genus Cucurbita
• Norwegian Bokmål: skvåsj — plant and its fruit of the genus Cucurbita
• Norwegian Nynorsk: squash — plant and its fruit of the genus Cucurbita
• Norwegian Nynorsk: skvåsj — plant and its fruit of the genus Cucurbita
• Ojibwe: okosimaan — plant and its fruit of the genus Cucurbita
• Pawnee: pahuks — plant and its fruit of the genus Cucurbita
• Persian: کدو (kadu) — plant and its fruit of the genus Cucurbita
• Polish: dynia — plant and its fruit of the genus Cucurbita
• Portuguese: abóbora — plant and its fruit of the genus Cucurbita
• Portuguese: moranga — plant and its fruit of the genus Cucurbita
• Portuguese: jerimum — plant and its fruit of the genus Cucurbita
• Romanian: dovlecel — plant and its fruit of the genus Cucurbita
• Russian: кабачо́к (kabačók) — plant and its fruit of the genus Cucurbita
• Russian: ты́ква (týkva) — plant and its fruit of the genus Cucurbita
• Spanish: zapallo — plant and its fruit of the genus Cucurbita
• Spanish: sapallo — plant and its fruit of the genus Cucurbita
• Swedish: squash — plant and its fruit of the genus Cucurbita
• Swedish: zucchini — plant and its fruit of the genus Cucurbita
• Swedish: courgette — plant and its fruit of the genus Cucurbita
• Tagalog: kandos — plant and its fruit of the genus Cucurbita
• Tarifit: taxsašt — plant and its fruit of the genus Cucurbita
• Tarifit: taxsayt — plant and its fruit of the genus Cucurbita
• Tewa: poe — plant and its fruit of the genus Cucurbita
• Turkish: kabak — plant and its fruit of the genus Cucurbita
• Turkish: helvacı kabağı — plant and its fruit of the genus Cucurbita
• Turkish: kestane kabağı — plant and its fruit of the genus Cucurbita
• Ottoman Turkish: قباق (kabak) — plant and its fruit of the genus Cucurbita
• Ukrainian: кабачо́к (kabačók) — plant and its fruit of the genus Cucurbita
• Unami: kèskùnthàkw — plant and its fruit of the genus Cucurbita
• Walloon: cawoûte — plant and its fruit of the genus Cucurbita
• Yiddish: קאַבאַק (kabák) — plant and its fruit of the genus Cucurbita
• Armenian: ճխլել (čxlel) — to beat or press into pulp or flat mass
• Bashkir: иҙеү (iźew) — to beat or press into pulp or flat mass
• Bulgarian: мачкам (mačkam) — to beat or press into pulp or flat mass
• Bulgarian: смачквам (smačkvam) — to beat or press into pulp or flat mass
• Catalan: aixafar — to beat or press into pulp or flat mass
• Czech: rozmačkat — to beat or press into pulp or flat mass
• Czech: rozmáčknout — to beat or press into pulp or flat mass
• Czech: rozdrtit — to beat or press into pulp or flat mass
• Finnish: murskata — to beat or press into pulp or flat mass
• Finnish: puristaa — to beat or press into pulp or flat mass
• Finnish: soseuttaa — to beat or press into pulp or flat mass
• Galician: estrullar — to beat or press into pulp or flat mass
• Galician: machucar — to beat or press into pulp or flat mass
• Galician: esmagar — to beat or press into pulp or flat mass
• Hungarian: szétlapít — to beat or press into pulp or flat mass
• Kazakh: мылжалау (myljalau) — to beat or press into pulp or flat mass
• Khmer: វាយបំបាក់ (viey bɑmbak) — to beat or press into pulp or flat mass
• Khmer: សង្កិន (sɑŋkən) — to beat or press into pulp or flat mass
• Khiamniungan Naga: thà — to beat or press into pulp or flat mass
• Portuguese: esmagar — to beat or press into pulp or flat mass
• Russian: разда́вливать (razdávlivatʹ) — to beat or press into pulp or flat mass
• Russian: раздави́ть (razdavítʹ) — to beat or press into pulp or flat mass
• Russian: расплю́щивать (raspljúščivatʹ) — to beat or press into pulp or flat mass
• Russian: расплю́щить (raspljúščitʹ) — to beat or press into pulp or flat mass
• Russian: сжима́ть (sžimátʹ) — to beat or press into pulp or flat mass
• Russian: сжать (sžatʹ) — to beat or press into pulp or flat mass
• Spanish: aplastamiento — to beat or press into pulp or flat mass
• Spanish: aplastar — to beat or press into pulp or flat mass
• Vietnamese: nén — to beat or press into pulp or flat mass
• Vietnamese: ép — to beat or press into pulp or flat mass
• Bashkir: ҡыҫыу (qıśıw) — to compress
• Basque: zapaldu — to compress
• Bulgarian: натискам (natiskam) — to compress
• Bulgarian: натъпквам (natǎpkvam) — to compress
• Bulgarian: натъпча (natǎpča) — to compress
• Bulgarian: натъпквам се (natǎpkvam se) — to compress
• Bulgarian: натъпча се (natǎpča se) — to compress
• Czech: zmáčknout — to compress
• Dutch: samenpersen — to compress
• Finnish: ahtaa — to compress
• Finnish: ahtautua — to compress
• French: presser — to compress
• German: zusammendrücken — to compress
• Hungarian: összenyom — to compress
• Hungarian: összeprésel — to compress
• Italian: schiacciare — to compress
• Khmer: ស្រុញ (sroɲ) — to compress
• Khmer: បណ្ណែន (bɑnnaen) — to compress
• Khmer: កត (kɑɑt) — to compress
• Portuguese: comprimir — to compress
• Russian: сда́вливать (sdávlivatʹ) — to compress
• Russian: сдави́ть (sdavítʹ) — to compress
• Russian: сжима́ть (sžimátʹ) — to compress
• Russian: сжать (sžatʹ) — to compress
• Spanish: aplastamiento — to compress
• Spanish: aplastar — to compress
• Vietnamese: dồn — to compress
• Vietnamese: chen — to compress
• ǃXóõ: tʻkxʻām — to compress
• Bulgarian: потискам (potiskam) — to suppress
• Bulgarian: потисна (potisna) — to suppress
• Czech: potlačit — to suppress
• French: écraser — to suppress
• French: broyer — to suppress