zucchini

• zucchina
• zucchino

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

• enPR: zo͞o-kē'nē
• (US) IPA^(key): /zuːˈkiː.ni/

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• Rhymes: -iːni

zucchini (plural zucchinis or zucchini)

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

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

• zucchetto

• → Japanese: ズッキーニ

• zucchini on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

zucchini

1. plural of zucchino

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

< Italian zucchini

• IPA^(key): /ˈtsukːiːni/, [ˈts̠ukːiːni]
• Rhymes: -ukːiːni
• Syllabification^(key): zucc‧hi‧ni
• Hyphenation^(key): zucc‧hi‧ni

zucchini

1. synonym of kesäkurpitsa (“zucchini”)

• “zucchini”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 9 June 2024

• IPA^(key): /zu.ki.ni/

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zucchini m (plural zucchinis)

1. (North America) zucchini

• IPA^(key): ^*/d͡zukˈki.ni/, (traditional) ^*/t͡sukˈki.ni/^[1]
• Rhymes: -ini
• Hyphenation: zuc‧chì‧ni

zucchini m pl

1. plural of zucchino

• inzucchi

zucchini c

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

   Synonym: squash

• zucchini in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• zucchini in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• zucchini in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)