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ratatouille.

a traditional French Provençal stewed vegetable dish consisting primarily of tomatoes, zucchini and eggplant, with other ingredients

11 characters4 syllables approx.Français language

Meaning & usage

noun/ʁa.ta.tuj/
  1. a traditional French Provençal stewed vegetable dish consisting primarily of tomatoes, zucchini and eggplant, with other ingredients

    feminine
  2. beating, whipping

    Louisiana · feminine
Where this word comes from

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”).

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