ratatouille

/ɹæt.əˈtuː.i/

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-.

ratatouille means A traditional French Provençal stewed vegetable dish consisting primarily of tomatoes, zucchini and eggplant. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 87 out of 100.

ratatouille is pronounced /ɹæt.əˈtuː.i/.

noun

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

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?”