ratatouille
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əˈtu noun
a vegetable stew of Provence, typically consisting of eggplant, zucchini, onions, green peppers, tomatoes, and garlic, served hot or cold.
Origin:
1875–80; < French
1875–80; < French
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| —n | |
| a vegetable casserole made of tomatoes, aubergines, peppers, etc, fried in oil and stewed slowly | |
| [C19: from French, from touiller to stir, from Latin tudiculāre, from tudes hammer] | |
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Word Origin & History
ratatouille
1877, from Fr., first element uncertain, second element evidently touiller "to stir up."
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Example sentences
Placed before her is a dish of seafood with ratatouille.
Good examples include ratatouille and stewed tomatoes.
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