Unadapted borrowing fromFrench ratatouille , fromOccitan ratatolha (ratatouille is a dish originally from Nice, and is also found inProvence ), French form from diminutive prefixtat- +touiller ( “ to stir ” ) , fromLatin tudiculō ( “ grind ,mix ” ) , fromtudes ( “ hammer ” ) , fromProto-Indo-European *tud- , from*(s)tewd- .
ratatouille (countable anduncountable ,plural ratatouilles )
A traditional FrenchProvençal stewed vegetable dish consisting primarily oftomatoes ,zucchini andeggplant .2025 November 3, Julia Belluz, “The French Secret to Eating Healthy? Prepared Food and Frozen Dinners.”, inThe New York Times [1] , New York, N.Y.:The New York Times Company ,→ISSN ,→OCLC , archived fromthe original on4 November 2025 :I expected the open-air markets, but defrosted bouillabaisse and cannedratatouille weren’t what I imagined to be staples of Parisian culinary life. Yet they’ve become mainstays.
traditional French Provençal stewed vegetable dish
ratatouille (third-person singular simple present ratatouilles ,present participle ratatouilling ,simple past and past participle ratatouilled )
To control someone as though they were apuppet .2025 November 19, Stephen Colbert, “Schumer: Trump 'Can't F*** Around' With Epstein Files Release | Messing With Texas | RFK On DMT”[2] ,The Late Show with Stephen Colbert , CBS:You know that worm in R.F.K. Junior's brain that we all assume has beenratatouilling him around this whole time? ratatouille ratatouilleLearned borrowing fromFrench ratatouille , fromOccitan ratatolha . The French is analysable as a derivative oftouiller ( “ to stir ” ) , fromLatin tudiculare ( “ togrind , tomix ” ) . Doublet of the popular borrowingratjetoe .
IPA (key ) : /raːtaːˈtujə/ Hyphenation:ra‧ta‧touil‧le ratatouille f (plural ratatouilles ,nodiminutive )
ratatouille : a traditional FrenchProvençal stewed vegetable dish consisting primarily oftomatoes ,zucchini andeggplant , with other ingredientsSynonym: ratjetoe
Borrowed fromOccitan ratatolha (ratatouille is a dish fromNice , inProvence ), French form from diminutive prefixtat- +touiller ( “ to stir ” ) , fromLatin tudiculō ( “ togrind ,mix ” ) .
ratatouille f (plural ratatouilles )
a traditional FrenchProvençal stewed vegetable dish consisting primarily oftomatoes ,zucchini andeggplant , with other ingredients ( Louisiana ) beating ,whipping ratatouille Unadapted borrowing fromFrench ratatouille .
IPA (key ) : /ra.taˈtuj/ Rhymes:-uj Syllabification:ra‧ta‧touille ratatouille n (indeclinable )
ratatouille ( traditional French Provençal stewed vegetable dish consisting primarily of tomatoes, zucchini, and eggplant ) Synonym: ratatuja Unadapted borrowing fromFrench ratatouille
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