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Definition: Courgette |
CourgetteNoun1. Marrow squash plant whose fruit are eaten when small. 2. Small cucumber-shaped vegetable marrow; typically dark green. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonym: CourgetteSynonym: zucchini (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Courgette |
| Non-English Usage: "Courgette" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. Dutch (courgette, zucchini), French (courgette, zucchini). |
| "Courgette" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 98.04% of the time. "Courgette" is used about 51 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 98.04% | 50 | 48,117 |
| Noun (proper) | 1.96% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 51 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
courgette | 18 |
courgette recette | 7 |
courgette de recette | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "courgette"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | cukina (zucchini), cuketa (zucchini). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | courgette (vegetable marrow), squash (vegetable marrow), mandelgræskar (vegetable marrow). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | courgette (zucchini). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Esperanto | kalabaseto (zucchini). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | courgette. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | zucchini (zucchini), Markkuerbis (gourd, ornamental gourd, pumpkin, vegetable marrow). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | κολοκυθάκι (squash, zucchini). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | zucchina (marrow, zucchini). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | スンプ法 (canvas, cloth, screen, sump method, thud, trousers, zoom, zoom in, zoom lens, zooming, zoot suit, zucchini). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | ズッキーニ (zucchini). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ourgettecay curgete (vegetable marrow), cabaça (calabash, gourd), abobrinha (zucchini). (various references) кабачок (boozer, cabaret, marrow, marrow squash, vegetable marrows, zucchini). (various references) calabacín (marrow, zucchini). (various references) dolmalık kabak. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | Cucurbita pepo v.medullosa. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "courgette": courgettes. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-e-e-g-o-r-t-t-u" | |
-2 letters: cortege, curette. | |
-3 letters: cotter, couter, cutter, getter, gutter, rotgut, tercet, touter. | |
-4 letters: court, cruet, curet, cuter, egret, erect, ergot, eruct, erugo, greet, grout, octet, otter, outer, outre, recto, recut, rogue, rotte, rouge, route, terce, togue, torte, toter, trout, truce, tutee, tutor, utter. | |
-5 letters: cere, cero, cete, core, cote, cure, curt, cute, ecru, eger, ergo. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-e-e-g-o-r-t-t-u" | |
+1 letter: courgettes. | |
+3 letters: counteragent. | |
+4 letters: counteragents, counterweight, electrocuting. | |
+5 letters: counterfeiting, counterweights. | |
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| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage Frequency | 5. Expressions: Internet 6. Translations: Modern 7. Translations: Ancient 8. Derivations | 9. Anagrams 10. Bibliography |
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