ratatouille
/ɹæt.əˈtuː.i/
ratatouille noun: a traditional French Provençal stewed vegetable dish consisting primarily of tomatoes, zucchini and eggplant.
Noun
ratatouille (countable and uncountable, plural ratatouilles)
- A traditional French Provençal stewed vegetable dish consisting primarily of tomatoes, zucchini and eggplant.
- I expected the open-air markets, but defrosted bouillabaisse and canned ratatouille weren’t what I imagined to be staples of Parisian culinary life. Yet they’ve become mainstays.2025 November 3, Julia Belluz, “The French Secret to Eating Healthy? Prepared Food and Frozen Dinners.”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from...
Verb
ratatouille (third-person singular simple present ratatouilles, present participle ratatouilling, simple past and past participle ratatouilled)
- To control someone as though they were a puppet.
- You know that worm in R.F.K. Junior's brain that we all assume has been ratatouilling him around this whole time?2025 November 19, Stephen Colbert, “Schumer: Trump 'Can't F*** Around' With Epstein Files Release | Messing With Texas | RFK On DMT”https://youtu.be/kYtTzp683N8?t=454s, The Late Show with Stephen...
ratatouille meaning in Persian
ratatouille in Persian
- traditional French Provençal stewed vegetable dish
- راتاتوی râtâtuy
Forms of ratatouille
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | ratatouilles |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | ratatouilles |
| present participle | ratatouilling |
| past participle | ratatouilled |
| past | ratatouilled |
Origin of ratatouille
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-.
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Questions about ratatouille
- What does ratatouille mean?
- Ratatouille means a traditional French Provençal stewed vegetable dish consisting primarily of tomatoes, zucchini and eggplant.
- What is ratatouille in Persian?
- Ratatouille in Persian is راتاتوی (râtâtuy). See Ratatouille meaning in Persian.
- What part of speech is ratatouille?
- Ratatouille can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce ratatouille?
- Ratatouille is pronounced /ɹæt.əˈtuː.i/.
- What is the plural of ratatouille?
- The plural of ratatouille is ratatouilles.
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