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ratatouille
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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
Noun
ratatouille (countable and uncountable, plural ratatouilles)
- A traditional French Provençal stewed vegetable dish consisting primarily of tomatoes, zucchini and eggplant.
Translations
traditional French Provençal stewed vegetable dish
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Dutch
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
Noun
ratatouille f (plural ratatouilles)
- ratatouille: a traditional French Provençal stewed vegetable dish consisting primarily of tomatoes, zucchini and eggplant, with other ingredients
- Synonym: ratjetoe
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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
Noun
ratatouille f (plural ratatouilles)
- a traditional French Provençal stewed vegetable dish consisting primarily of tomatoes, zucchini and eggplant, with other ingredients
- (Louisiana) beating, whipping
Descendants
- → Dutch: ratatouille, ratjetoe
Further reading
- “ratatouille”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Polish
Alternative forms
- ratatuj
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
ratatouille n (indeclinable)
- ratatouille (traditional French Provençal stewed vegetable dish consisting primarily of tomatoes, zucchini, and eggplant)
- Synonym: ratatuja
Further reading
- ratatouille in Polish dictionaries at PWN
- ratatouille in PWN's encyclopedia
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Swedish
Etymology
Noun
ratatouille c
Declension
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