ratatouille

See also: Ratatouille

English

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)

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• 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.

Translations

traditional French Provençal stewed vegetable dish

• Catalan: ratatolha f
• Dutch: ratatouille (nl) f
• French: ratatouille (fr) f
• German: Ratatouille (de) f or n
• Persian: راتاتوی (râtâtuy)
• Polish: ratatuj m
• Russian: ратату́й (ru) m (ratatúj)
• Spanish: pisto (es) m, ratatouille (es) f
• Swedish: ratatouille (sv)
• Turkish: ratatuy

Anagrams

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Dutch

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

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• 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

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

• IPA^(key): /ʁa.ta.tuj/

• Audio

  (file)

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

• “ratatouille”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Swedish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French ratatouille

Noun

ratatouille c

1. ratatouille

Declension

Declension of ratatouille
	Uncountable
	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	ratatouille	ratatouillen	—	—
Genitive	ratatouilles	ratatouillens	—	—

References

• ratatouille in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• ratatouille in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)