See also: ragu and ragú

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From Italian ragù, from French ragoût, from Middle French ragoûter (to awaken the appetite), from goût (taste), from Latin gustus. Doublet of ragout.

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ragù (countable and uncountable, plural ragùs)

  1. An Italian pasta sauce containing ground meat cooked with sautéed vegetables in tomato sauce or some other kind of liquid.
    Hyponym: Bolognese sauce

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una scodella di ragù – a bowl of ragù

Etymology edit

Borrowed from French ragoût, from Middle French ragoûter (to awaken the appetite), from goût (taste), from Latin gustus. See also gusto (taste) and its derivations.

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  • IPA(key): /raˈɡu/*
  • Rhymes: -u
  • Hyphenation: ra‧gù

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ragù m (invariable)

  1. (countable and uncountable) ragù, ragu (pasta sauce)
    Hyponyms: ragù alla bolognese, ragù alla napoletana, (fish ragù) ragù di pesce, (vegetarian ragù, vegetable ragù) ragù vegetariano
    • 1790, Francesco Leonardi, L'apicio moderno, ossia l'arte di apprestare ogni sorta di vivande, tomo sesto, page 281:
      levate la pelle ai petti di Polleria; ed i nervi, e le pelli alle altre carni; tagliate tanto i primi, che le seconde in fettine assai fine per traverso, aggiustatele in una cazzarola di argento, o piatto, versateci sopra una Salsa, o un Ragù di vostro genio
      Skin the chicken breasts, and eliminate the nerves and skin from the other meats. Cut both in very thin, transversal slices, arrange them on a silver casserole, or plate, [and] pour a gravy, or ragù of your liking on them.
    • 2009, Giulia Angelini, Elisabetta Fontana, Per il verso giusto: Übungsbuch für fortgeschrittene Italienischlernende, Helmut Buske Verlag, page 196:
      Non è difficile preparare un buon ragù.
      Preparing some good ragù is not difficult.
  2. (maybe, vulgar, slang) the menses

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  • English: ragù

Further reading edit

  • ragù in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

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Romagnol edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from French ragoût (ragout).

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  • (Central Romagnol): IPA(key): [ɾɐˈɡuː]

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ragù m (plural ragù)

  1. ragù
    Synonym: sug
    Parpadël cun e’ ragù.
    Pappardelle with ragù.

References edit

  • Masotti, Adelmo (1996) Vocabolario Romagnolo Italiano [Romagnol-Italian dictionary] (in Italian), Bologna: Zanichelli, page 490