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ragoût

French, noun/ʁa.ɡu/

ragoût is spelled R-A-G-O-Û-T (6 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written French, the 36,297th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ragoût is a French masculine noun meaning “ragout” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Viande accommodée avec une sauce”.

What does ragoût mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculineragout

  2. 2

    masculinestew

Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How French dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Variante orthographique de ragoût.

noun: 1. Viande accommodée avec une sauce. 2. Mets goûteux, même préparé sans viande. 3. Ce qui rend appétissant, ce qui excite le désir, l’intérêt.

The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.

Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of ragoût

  • ragoûts plural
  • ragout alternative
  • ragouts plural

Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce ragoût?

  • /ʁa.ɡu/
  • \ʁa.ɡu\
  • [ʁa.ɡu]

Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to ragoût

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is ragoût in French?

ragoût appears about once in every 1 million words in written French.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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