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ratatouille

ratatouille

12 5.4
A French stew of cooked vegetables like tomatoes and eggplant
  • noun
  • /ˌrætəˈtuːi/
translation icon : ratatouille
  • A flavorful ratatouille is made by cooking a mix of eggplant, zucchini, and onions together.
  • ratatouille with polenta
  • roasted ratatouille
  • grilled ratatouille

But it's like it's, it's like the, I mean the smell, it's it's like Ratatouille.

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Examples

  • On channel thirteen, Madeleine Duprey might fricassee a game hen or make a sumptuous ratatouille, rolling her r's with such panache that they began to doubt she was really French.

    Fiction book (1999)
  • Who cooked the ratatouille?

  • - Do you guys like Ratatouille?

  • I was thinking about a ratatouille.

  • This is the fondue, and this is the ratatouille.

  • This is fondue, and this is ratatouille.

  • For dinner, I make a ratatouille over wild rice, all the best, most expensive ingredients from the greengrocer.

    Fiction book (1994)
  • I am making ratatouille.

  • I love Ratatouille.

  • You would think they would at least serve the eggplant stewed, as in ratatouille.

    Blog text (32)

Synonyms

pottage
vsratatouille
  • Archaic
2 9.9

A thick soup or stew made from vegetables and sometimes meat, often eaten in the past

is a specific French vegetable stew with particular vegetables and herbs cooked together

How Varied

ratatouille
12 5.4
jardiniere
  • Specialized
9.6
side dish
19 1.0

Surface Forms

ratatouille singular
ratatouilles plural

Etymology

Ratatouille comes from French and paints a simple picture of the dish: rata was a name for a rough, mixed stew and touiller means 'to stir'. So ratatouille is a stirred mix of vegetables — a simple stew made by cooking many vegetables together.