Courgette and Zucchini

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Courgette noun - Marrow squash plant whose fruit are eaten when small.

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Zucchini is a synonym for courgette. In some cases you can use "Zucchini" instead a noun "Courgette".

Zucchini noun - Marrow squash plant whose fruit are eaten when small.

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Courgette is a synonym for zucchini. (British) You can use "Courgette" instead a noun "Zucchini".

At one point he even calls her "Courgette" which is the French (and British English) word for zucchini.

Source: Film / Les Misérables (2012)
British English: Despite being hosted in the US, the site generally uses British spellings and words such as "colour", "armour", "courgette" and "aubergine" rather than "color", "armor", "zucchini" and "eggplant".

Source: Franchise / Neopets

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Zucchini and Courgette. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 27, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/courgette/zucchini

Courgette & Zucchini. N.p., 2016. Web. 27 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/courgette/zucchini>.

Zucchini or Courgette. 2016. Accessed July 27, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/courgette/zucchini.

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