different between zucchini vs ratatouille

English

Alternative forms

• zucchina
• zucchino

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian zucchini, plural of zucchino, diminutive of zucca (“squash”). Ultimately a doublet of courgette through the original Latin cucurbita.

Pronunciation

• enPR: zo?ok?'n?, IPA^(key): /zu??ki?ni?/

Noun

zucchini (plural zucchinis or zucchini)

1. (Australia, Canada, New Zealand, US) A courgette; a variety of squash, Cucurbita pepo, which bears edible fruit.
2. (Australia, Canada, New Zealand, US) The edible fruit of this variety of squash.

Synonyms

• courgette (UK, Ireland, NZ), zuke (US, slang)

Related terms

• zucchetto

Translations

Further reading

• zucchini on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Noun

zucchini

1. plural of zucchino

Danish

Etymology

From Italian zucchino, diminutive of zucca (“pumpkin”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sukini/, [su?k?ini] or IPA^(key): /suki?ni/, [su?k?i?ni]

Noun

zucchini c (singular definite zucchinien, plural indefinite zucchinier)

1. courgette, squash, zucchini

Inflection

Synonyms

• courgette
• squash

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zu.ki.ni/

Noun

zucchini m (plural zucchinis)

1. (Quebec) zucchini

Italian

Noun

zucchini m pl

1. plural of zucchino

Anagrams

• inzucchi

Swedish

Noun

zucchini c

1. squash (plant and its fruit of the genus Cucurbita)

Inflection

English

Etymology

Borrowed 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 tudicul? (“grind, mix”), from tudes (“hammer”), from Proto-Indo-European *tud-, from *(s)tewd-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?æt.??tu?.i/, /?æt.??twi?/
• Rhymes: -u?i, -i?

Noun

ratatouille (countable and uncountable, plural ratatouilles)

1. A traditional French Provençal stewed vegetable dish consisting primarily of tomatoes, zucchini and eggplant, with other ingredients.

Translations

Anagrams

• aural toilet

Dutch

Etymology

Learned borrowing from French ratatouille, from Occitan ratatolha. The French is analysable as a derivative of touiller (“to stir”), from Latin tudiculare (“to grind, to mix”). Doublet of the popular borrowing ratjetoe.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ra?ta??tuj?/
• Hyphenation: ra?ta?touil?le

Noun

ratatouille f (plural ratatouilles)

1. ratatouille: a traditional French Provençal stewed vegetable dish consisting primarily of tomatoes, zucchini and eggplant, with other ingredients.

French

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?a.ta.tuj/

Noun

ratatouille f (plural ratatouilles)

1. A traditional French Provençal stewed vegetable dish consisting primarily of tomatoes, zucchini and eggplant, with other ingredients.
2. (Louisiana) beating, whipping

Further reading

• “ratatouille” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).