HOW TO PRONOUNCE
zucchini
/zuˈkini/
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Stress “chi,” with the sound of “key.”
Use three syllables and a hard k sound for cch. Keep the initial zoo lighter than the strong middle ee, then finish with an unstressed nee.
3 syllables · Stress on syllable 2
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“The garden produced a large zucchini.”
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CMU Pronouncing Dictionary ↗What does zucchini mean?
noun
- A courgette; a variety of squash, Cucurbita pepo, which bears edible fruit.
- The edible fruit of this variety of squash.
- plural of zucchino
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IPA pronunciation
/zuˈkini/
Pronunciation used in the listening tip.
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I now grow five or six fully irrigated early hybrid plants like Seneca Zucchini too.