See also: ragout, Ragout, and rag out

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Noun

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ragoût (countable and uncountable, plural ragoûts)

  1. Alternative spelling of ragout.
    • 1863, Edmond [François Valentin] About, [unknown, transl.], “The Notary’s Nose”, in Bentley’s Miscellany, volume LIV, London: Chapman and Hall, [], page 306:
      “You had better go speak to him about it, then,” said the feminine concoctor of ragoûts, smacking her lips as if in the act of tasting a stew.
    • 1870 December 10, “The Ombibus Dinner”, in Charles Dickens, Jun., editor, All the Year Round. A Weekly Journal., volume V, London: [] Messrs. Chapman and Hall, [], published 1871, page 43, column 1:
      Do they take to the cooking of horseflesh in ragoûts, emincés, and cheval à la mode without a tinge of disgust?
    • 1883, E[llen] C[harlotte] Hope-Edwardes, Azahar. Extracts from a Journal in Spain in 1881-82., London: Richard Bentley and Son, []; Shrewsbury: A. Chancellor, [], page 132:
      It was at the opposite table, where W⸺ and other servants were dining, sitting up on its nurse’s knees, eating ragoût, and taking sips of red wine, as a preparation for its night in the train.
    • 2004, Bonnie J. Slotnick, “Delmonico’s”, in edited by Andrew F. Smith, The Oxford Encyclopedia of Food and Drink in America, volumes 1 (A–J), Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 380:
      In 1831 the Delmonicos hired a French chef, who prepared potages, ragoûts, and other hot dishes; []

Verb

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ragoût (third-person singular simple present ragoûts, present participle ragoûting, simple past and past participle ragoûted)

  1. Alternative spelling of ragout.
    • 1816, John Simpson, A Complete System of Cookery, on a Plan Entirely New; Consisting of an Extensive and Original Collection of Receipts, in Cookery, Confectionary, etc. [], London: [] W. Stewart, []; Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy, []; Gale and Fenner, [], page 497:
      A Breast of Veal Ragoûted.
    • 1827, a Lady, Domestic Economy, and Cookery, for Rich and Poor; Containing an Account of the Best English, Scotch, French, Oriental, and Other Foreign Dishes; [], London: [] Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, [], page 414:
      The hind quarters may be fricaséed, ragoûted, or done in a timbale or casserole, with any of the fine herb seasoning, and served as a first-course dish; []
    • 1858, an association of heads of families and men of science, The Household Encyclopædia; or, Family Dictionary of Everything Connected with Housekeeping and Domestic Medicine; [], volume I, London: W. Kent & Co., []; Winchester: Hugh Barclay, [], page 463, column 1:
      EGGS, RAGOÛTED.
    • 1908 September, S[arah] T[yson] Rorer, “What Nature Really Intended Us to Eat”, in Edward W[illiam] Bok, editor, The Ladies’ Home Journal, Philadelphia, Pa.: The Curtis Publishing Company, page 40, column 2:
      But I would like them to substitute fruits and bread and butter for pies as well as cakes; to cook simply; to bake, boil or stew their potatoes, instead of wasting time and fire on croquettes or fries; to boil, broil or roast meats, instead of frying and ragoûting them; to serve nice green vegetables, simply boiled in salt water, instead of stewing them for hours with fat meats.

Finnish

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Etymology

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Unadapted borrowing from French ragoût.

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Noun

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ragoût

  1. ragout

Declension

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Inflection of ragoût (Kotus type 22/parfait, no gradation)
nominative ragoût ragoût’t
genitive ragoût’n ragoût’iden
ragoût’itten
partitive ragoût’ta ragoût’ita
illative ragoût’hun ragoût’ihin
singular plural
nominative ragoût ragoût’t
accusative nom. ragoût ragoût’t
gen. ragoût’n
genitive ragoût’n ragoût’iden
ragoût’itten
partitive ragoût’ta ragoût’ita
inessive ragoût’ssa ragoût’issa
elative ragoût’sta ragoût’ista
illative ragoût’hun ragoût’ihin
adessive ragoût’lla ragoût’illa
ablative ragoût’lta ragoût’ilta
allative ragoût’lle ragoût’ille
essive ragoût’na ragoût’ina
translative ragoût’ksi ragoût’iksi
abessive ragoût’tta ragoût’itta
instructive ragoût’in
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of ragoût (Kotus type 22/parfait, no gradation)

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French

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Etymology

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From Middle French ragoûter (awaken the appetite), from goût (taste) from Latin gustus.

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  • IPA(key): /ʁa.ɡu/
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Noun

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ragoût m (plural ragoûts)

  1. ragout
  2. stew

Descendants

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  • Danish: ragout
  • English: ragout
  • Finnish: ragoût
  • German: Ragout
  • Italian: ragù
  • Norman: ragoût
  • Portuguese: ragu
  • Russian: рагу́ n (ragú)
  • Spanish: ragú

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Norman

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French ragoût.

Noun

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ragoût m (plural ragoûts)

  1. (Jersey) stew

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