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ratatouille.

A traditional French Provençal stewed vegetable dish consisting primarily of tomatoes, zucchini and eggplant.

11 characters4 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ɹæt.əˈtuː.i//ɹæt.əˈtwiː/
  1. A traditional French Provençal stewed vegetable dish consisting primarily of tomatoes, zucchini and eggplant.

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Where this word comes from

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-.

verb/ɹæt.əˈtuː.i//ɹæt.əˈtwiː/
  1. To control someone as though they were a puppet.

Where this word comes from

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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