curgete

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from French courgette.[1][2]

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /kuʁˈʒɛ.t͡ʃi/ [kuɦˈʒɛ.t͡ʃi]
- (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /kuɾˈʒɛ.t͡ʃi/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /kuʁˈʒɛ.t͡ʃi/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /kuɻˈʒɛ.te/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /kuɾˈʒɛ.t(ɨ)/

Hyphenation: cur‧ge‧te

Noun

curgete f (plural curgetes)

courgette (UK), zucchini (Australia, Canada, US)
Synonym: (Brazil) abobrinha

References

“curgete” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2023.
“curgete” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

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