zucchini

Borrowed from Italian zucchini, plural of zucchino, diminutive of zucca (“squash”).

• enPR: zo͞okē'nē, IPA^(key): /zuːˈkiːniː/

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zucchini (plural zucchinis or zucchini)

1. (Australia, Canada, New Zealand, US) A courgette; a variety of squash, Cucurbita pepo, which bears edible fruit.
2. (Australia, Canada, New Zealand, US) The edible fruit of this variety of squash.
3. A very dark green colour, like that of a zucchini.

   zucchini colour:  

• courgette (UK, Ireland, NZ), zuke (US, slang)

• zucchetto

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

• IPA^(key): /sukini/, [suˈkʰini] or IPA^(key): /sukiːni/, [suˈkʰiːni]

zucchini c (singular definite zucchinien, plural indefinite zucchinier)

1. courgette, squash, zucchini

• courgette
• squash

• IPA^(key): /zu.ki.ni/

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zucchini m (plural zucchinis)

1. (Quebec) zucchini

zucchini m pl

1. plural of zucchino

• inzucchi

zucchini c

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