courgette

B1 Topic:Describing Qualities

US /kʊɚˈʒɛt/ UK /kʊəˈʒɛt/ See IPA manual

noun Freq #103024

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A long green vegetable shaped like a small cucumber, eaten cooked.

I fried some sliced courgette with garlic and olive oil.

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1 noun · a long green vegetable... zucchini

Word family

Forms courgettes

Derived forms courgetti

Related forms cucumbergherkinmarrow pickle squash zucchini

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French courgette, diminutive of courge (“vegetable marrow, marrow squash”). Ultimately related to zucchini through Latin cucurbita.

courgette French cucurbita Latin

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Describing Qualities Food & Drink

# courgette

**Type:** Word
**Level:** B1
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** kʊɚˈʒɛt
**IPA (UK):** kʊəˈʒɛt
**Frequency rank:** 103024

## Meanings
1. A long green vegetable shaped like a small cucumber, eaten cooked.

## Examples
- I fried some sliced courgette with garlic and olive oil.

## Synonyms
- zucchini

## Derived Forms
- courgetti

## Related Forms
- cucumber
- gherkin
- marrow
- pickle
- squash
- zucchini

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: courgette
- Root: cucurbita

## Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from French courgette, diminutive of courge (“vegetable marrow, marrow squash”). Ultimately related to zucchini through Latin cucurbita.

## AI Etymology
courgette is an unadapted borrowing from French courgette, diminutive of courge (“vegetable marrow, marrow squash”). Ultimately related to zucchini through Latin cucurbita. The historical chain includes French courgette, Latin cucurbita. The current sense is A long green vegetable shaped like a small cucumber, eaten cooked. English relatives and later formations include courgetti, cucumber, gherkin.

## Topics
- Describing Qualities
- Food & Drink

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