ratatouille

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English

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Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French ratatouille, from Occitan ratatolha (ratatouille is a dish originally from Nice, and is also found in Provence), French form from diminutive prefix tat- + touiller (“to stir”), from Latin tudiculō (“grind, mix”), from tudes (“hammer”), from Proto-Indo-European *tud-, from *(s)tewd-.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɹæt.əˈtuː.i/, /ɹæt.əˈtwiː/
  • Audio (US):(file)
  • Rhymes: -uːi, -iː

Noun

ratatouille (countable and uncountable, plural ratatouilles)

  1. A traditional French Provençal stewed vegetable dish consisting primarily of tomatoes, zucchini and eggplant.

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Dutch

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ratatouille
ratatouille

Etymology

Learned borrowing from French ratatouille, from Occitan ratatolha. The French is analysable as a derivative of touiller (“to stir”), from Latin tudiculare (“to grind, to mix”). Doublet of the popular borrowing ratjetoe.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /raːtaːˈtujə/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: ra‧ta‧touil‧le

Noun

ratatouille f (plural ratatouilles)

  1. ratatouille: a traditional French Provençal stewed vegetable dish consisting primarily of tomatoes, zucchini and eggplant, with other ingredients
    Synonym: ratjetoe


French

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Etymology

Borrowed from Occitan ratatolha (ratatouille is a dish from Nice, in Provence), French form from diminutive prefix tat- + touiller (“to stir”), from Latin tudiculō (“to grind, mix”).

Pronunciation

Noun

ratatouille f (plural ratatouilles)

  1. a traditional French Provençal stewed vegetable dish consisting primarily of tomatoes, zucchini and eggplant, with other ingredients
  2. (Louisiana) beating, whipping

Descendants

  • → Dutch: ratatouille, ratjetoe

Further reading

Swedish

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Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French ratatouille

Noun

ratatouille c

  1. ratatouille

Declension

Declension of ratatouille
nominative genitive
singular indefinite ratatouille ratatouilles
definite ratatouillen ratatouillens
plural indefinite — —
definite — —

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