ratatouille

See also: Ratatouille

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French ratatouille, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] 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 (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin tudiculō (“grind, mix”), from tudes (“hammer”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European *tud-, from *(s)tewd-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɹæ.tə.ˈtuː.i/, /ɹæ.tə.ˈtwiː/
• 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, with other ingredients.

Translations

traditional French Provençal stewed vegetable dish

• Catalan: ratatolha f
• Dutch: ratatouille (nl) f
• French: ratatouille (fr) f
• German: Ratatouille (de) f or n
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Persian: راتاتوی (râtâtuy)
• Russian: ратату́й (ru) m (ratatúj)
• Spanish: pisto (es) m, ratatouille (es) f
• Swedish: ratatouille (sv)

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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.

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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/

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

Further reading

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