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ratatouille

ratatouille

English

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


Dutch

ratatouille
ratatouille

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: ra‧ta‧touil‧le

Etymology

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 tudiculare (to grind, to mix).

Noun

ratatouille f (plural ratatouilles)

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



French

Etymology

Borrowing 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.