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noun, feminine

ratatouille

/ʁa.ta.tuj/

noun, feminine/ʁa.ta.tuj/plural: ratatouilles

a traditional French Provençal stewed vegetable dish consisting primarily of tomatoes, zucchini and eggplant, with other ingredients; beating, whipping

Borrowed from Occitan ratatolha (ratatouille is a dish from Nice, in Provence), French form from diminutive prefix tat- + touiller (“to stir”), from Latin tudiculō (“to grind, mix”).