Definition
Zucchini is a long, green summer squash with soft skin that is usually cooked before eating. It can be grilled, fried, baked, or added to soups and stews.
Etymology
“Zucchini” comes from Italian, where it is the plural of “zucchino,” a small squash, from “zucca,” meaning “gourd” or “squash.” The word spread into English along with Italian cooking.
Kelly Says
In British English, the same vegetable is often called a “courgette,” from French, so one food carries two foreign-sounding names. Both mean basically “little squash,” showing how often we borrow not just foods, but their pet names too.
Translations
AMአማርኛ
Zucchini
tsoo-KEE-nee
CACatalà
zucini
tsoo-kee-nee
CSČeština
cuketa
choo-ke-ta
DADansk
zucchini
tsoo-KEE-nee
DEDeutsch
Zucchini
tsoo-KEE-nee
ELΕλληνικά
κολοκύθα
ko-lo-ky-tha
ESEspañol
calabaza
ka-la-BA-sa
FAفارسی
زucchini
tsoo-KEE-nee
FISuomi
zucchini
tsoo-KEE-nee
FRFrançais
courgette
kur-zet
GUGU
zucchini
tsoo-KEE-nee
HAHA
zucchini
tsoo-KEE-nee
HUMagyar
zucchini
tsoo-KEE-nee
IDBahasa Indonesia
zucchini
tsoo-KEE-nee
IGIG
zucchini
tsoo-KEE-nee
ITItaliano
zucchina
tsoo-KEE-na
KKKK
zucchini
tsoo-KEE-nee
KMKM
zucchini
tsoo-KEE-nee
MRMR
zucchini
tsoo-KEE-nee
MSBahasa Melayu
zucchini
tsoo-KEE-nee
MYမြန်မာ
zucchini
tsoo-KEE-nee
NLNederlands
courgette
kur-zet
NONorsk
zucchini
tsoo-KEE-nee
PAPA
zucchini
tsoo-KEE-nee
PLPolski
zucchini
tsoo-KEE-nee
PTPortuguês
abobrinha
a-bo-BRIN-ha
RORomână
zucchini
tsoo-KEE-nee
RUРусский
цукини
tsoo-ki-nee
SVSvenska
zucchini
tsoo-KEE-nee
SWKiswahili
zucchini
tsoo-KEE-nee
TEతెలుగు
క్యారెట్
ka-ya-ret
TLTL
zucchini
tsoo-KEE-nee
UKУкраїнська
цуккіні
tsoo-kee-nee
YOYO
zucchini
tsoo-KEE-nee
ZUZU
zucchini
tsoo-KEE-nee