ratatouille
noun
- French dish
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ɹæt.əˈtuː.i/ / /ɹæt.əˈtwiː/
noun
Etymology: 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-.
- 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.”
verb
Etymology: 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-.
- 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?”