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citrouille

pumpkin

noun see-TROO-y Rare
Food & Drink Vegetables

Usage Note

Citrouille is the everyday word for pumpkin, especially as a Halloween icon or fairy-tale prop (Cinderella's coach). For culinary contexts French speakers often prefer courge (squash) or potiron, a rounder, sweeter variety. The plural citrouilles follows regular -e rules.

Examples

"La citrouille est énorme cette année."

Natural Translation

The pumpkin is enormous this year.

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