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courgette

cour·gette
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [koo r-zhet]
    • /kʊərˈʒɛt/
    • /kɔːˈʒet/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [koo r-zhet]
    • /kʊərˈʒɛt/

Definitions of courgette word

  • variable noun courgette Courgettes are long thin vegetables with dark green skin. 3
  • noun courgette a small variety of vegetable marrow, cooked and eaten as a vegetable 3
  • noun courgette a zucchini 3
  • noun courgette zucchini. 1
  • noun courgette A zucchini. 1
  • noun courgette (Uncountable Noun) (Britain, Ireland, New Zealand) A particular variety of Cucurbita pepo, a small marrow/squash. 0

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Origin of courgette

First appearance:

before 1930
One of the 10% newest English words
1930-35; < French, orig. diminutive of courge gourd < Vulgar Latin *cucurbica, for Latin cucurbita; cf. cucurbit, gourd, -ette

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Parts of speech for Courgette

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

courgette popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 42% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.

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