# ratatouille

> English word · Noun · IPA /ɹæt.əˈtuː.i/ · frequency rank #51,943

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

## 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-.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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