ratatouille
English edit
Etymology edit
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 edit
Noun edit
ratatouille (countable and uncountable, plural ratatouilles)
- A traditional French Provençal stewed vegetable dish consisting primarily of tomatoes, zucchini and eggplant.
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Dutch edit
ratatouille
Etymology edit
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 edit
Noun edit
ratatouille f (plural ratatouilles)
- ratatouille: a traditional French Provençal stewed vegetable dish consisting primarily of tomatoes, zucchini and eggplant, with other ingredients.
- Synonym: ratjetoe
French edit
Etymology edit
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 edit
Noun edit
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 edit
- → Dutch: ratatouille, ratjetoe
Further reading edit
- “ratatouille”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
Unadapted borrowing from French ratatouille
Noun edit
ratatouille c
Declension edit
| Declension of ratatouille | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Uncountable | ||||
| Indefinite | Definite | |||
| Nominative | ratatouille | ratatouillen | — | — |
| Genitive | ratatouilles | ratatouillens | — | — |