courgette
/kʊəˈʒɛt/US/kʊɚˈʒɛt/
courgette noun: a particular variety of Cucurbita pepo, a small marrow/squash.
Noun
courgette (plural courgettes)
courgette meaning in Bengali, Kannada, Tagalog and Arabic
courgette in Bengali
- এক ধরনের সবুজ শাকসবজি
courgette in Kannada
- ಕುಂಬಳಕಾಯಿ
courgette in Tagalog
- a small marrow/squash
- kalabasita, kalabasin
courgette in Arabic
- a small marrow/squash
- كُوسَا kūsā, كُوسَة kūsa
More languagesFewer languages
- courgette in Malay
- zukini
- courgette in Indonesian
- zukini
- courgette in Persian
- کدو سبز kadu sabz
- courgette in Vietnamese
- bí xanh
Synonyms of courgette
Forms of courgette
| plural | courgettes |
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Origin of courgette
Unadapted borrowing from French courgette, diminutive of courge (“vegetable marrow, marrow squash”). Ultimately related to zucchini through Latin cucurbita.
Words formed from courgette
Words that rhyme with courgette
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- upset
- vignette
- whet
- sett
- cornet
- let
- manchette
- roulette
- yet
- cadet
- cassette
- collarette
- forget
- pet
- banquette
- met
- mignonette
- musette
- octet
- reset
- unset
- abet
- beget
- brunette
- cuvette
- debt
- dinette
- dudette
- duet
- minuet
- navette
- planchette
- quartet
- regret
- silhouette
- vinaigrette
- aid and abet
- amourette
- barrette
- bavette
- bet
- brett
- briquette
- corvette
- couchette
- enucleate
- fossette
- grisette
Questions about courgette
- What does courgette mean?
- Courgette means a particular variety of Cucurbita pepo, a small marrow/squash.
- What is courgette in Bengali?
- Courgette in Bengali is এক ধরনের সবুজ শাকসবজি. See Courgette meaning in Bengali.
- What part of speech is courgette?
- Courgette is a noun.
- How do you pronounce courgette?
- Courgette is pronounced /kʊɚˈʒɛt/ (US).
- What is the plural of courgette?
- The plural of courgette is courgettes.
Words near courgette in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: courgette (page history and authors); courgette (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); courgette (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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