zucchini

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English

some zucchini

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian zucchini, plural of zucchino, diminutive of zucca (“squash”). Ultimately related to courgette through the original Latin cucurbita. Compare Sicilian cucuzza.

Pronunciation

  • enPR: zo͞o-kē'nē
  • (US) IPA(key): /zuːˈkiː.ni/
  • Audio (US)(file)
    (incomprehensible)
  • Audio (AU)(file)
  • Rhymes: -iːni

Noun

zucchini (plural zucchinis or zucchini)

  1. (Australia, New Zealand, Canada, US) A courgette; a variety of squash, Cucurbita pepo, which bears edible fruit.
  2. (Australia, New Zealand, Canada, US) The edible fruit of this variety of squash.

Synonyms

Related terms

Descendants

  • → Japanese: ズッキーニ

Translations

courgette — see courgette

Further reading

Noun

zucchini

  1. plural of zucchino

Danish

Etymology

From Italian zucchino, diminutive of zucca (“pumpkin”).

Pronunciation

Noun

zucchini c (singular definite zucchinien, plural indefinite zucchinier)

  1. courgette, squash, zucchini

Inflection

Declension of zucchini
common
gender 		Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative zucchini zucchinien zucchinier zucchinierne
genitive zucchinis zucchiniens zucchiniers zucchiniernes

Synonyms

French

Pronunciation

Noun

zucchini m (plural zucchinis)

  1. (Canada) zucchini

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): */d͡zukˈki.ni/, (traditional) */t͡sukˈki.ni/
  • Rhymes: -ini
  • Hyphenation: zuc‧chì‧ni

Noun

zucchini m pl

  1. plural of zucchino

References

  1. ^ zucchini in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

Anagrams

Swedish

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Noun

zucchini c

  1. squash (plant and its fruit of the genus Cucurbita)
    Synonym: squash

Inflection

Declension of zucchini 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative zucchini zucchinin zucchinier zucchinierna
Genitive zucchinis zucchinins zucchiniers zucchiniernas

References

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