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courgette

courgette

1 6.6
A long thin green vegetable you can eat raw or cooked
  • noun
  • /zʊˈkiːni/
  • UK
translation icon : calabacín
  • She chopped the courgette and added it to the stir-fry for extra flavor.

This is the last meal, the last meal to be prepped yes and like I'll eat a whole courgette because there's literally no calories.

Examples

  • We grow peas, courgette (zucchini), tomatoes (2 types), sweet corn, lettuce, etc., and also have pots with herbs in.

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  • And then I'm also adding in another grated carrot and the rest of the courgette grated as well that I used in the sausage rolls.

  • Nice bit of water, bit of courgette pasta.

  • Let's get some things like courgettes, green onions, maybe even small beetroots.

  • We had horrible rain all weekend and high winds, so I didn't get out to pick the beans and courgettes.

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  • All you're going to need is some ready to roll puff pastry, a grated carrot, half a grated courgette, and some sausage meat.

  • I made a delicious salad with fresh courgette, tomatoes, and feta cheese.

  • For dinner, we grilled slices of courgette as a side dish.

Synonyms

vegetable
vscourgette
545 1.0

A plant or plant part eaten as food, usually not sweet

is the precise long green edible type rather than the general plant food category
squash
vscourgette
68 1.6

A large edible fruit from plants like pumpkin or zucchini used as a vegetable

is the specific long thin green member rather than the whole gourd group
zucchini
vscourgette
  • US
44 1.6

A long green vegetable like a small squash that people usually cook

is the British name for the same vegetable called differently in American English
veggie
vscourgette
  • Informal
43 3.0

A plant food like a carrot or lettuce that you eat

is the formal specific food name rather than the casual label

Surface Forms

courgette singular
courgettes plural
zucchinis plural
zucchini singular

Etymology

The word courgette comes from the French word courge ('gourd') plus the small ending -ette, so it originally meant a 'small gourd'. In American English the same vegetable is called zucchini, from Italian zucca ('gourd'), which helps explain why both words mean a little squash.