ragù
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Italian ragù, from French ragoût, from Middle French ragoûter (“to awaken the appetite”), from goût (“taste”), from Latin gustus. Doublet of ragout.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]ragù (countable and uncountable, plural ragùs)
- An Italian pasta sauce containing ground meat cooked with sautéed vegetables in tomato sauce or some other kind of liquid.
- Hyponym: Bolognese sauce
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[edit]Italian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from French ragoût, from Middle French ragoûter (“to awaken the appetite”), from goût (“taste”), from Latin gustus. See also gusto (“taste”) and its derivations.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]ragù m (invariable)
- (countable and uncountable) ragù, ragu (pasta sauce)
- Hyponyms: ragù alla bolognese, ragù alla napoletana, (fish ragù) ragù di pesce, (vegetarian ragù, vegetable ragù) ragù vegetariano
- 1790, Francesco Leonardi, L'apicio moderno, ossia l'arte di apprestare ogni sorta di vivande, tomo sesto, page 281:
- levate la pelle ai petti di Polleria; ed i nervi, e le pelli alle altre carni; tagliate tanto i primi, che le seconde in fettine assai fine per traverso, aggiustatele in una cazzarola di argento, o piatto, versateci sopra una Salsa, o un Ragù di vostro genio
- Skin the chicken breasts, and eliminate the nerves and skin from the other meats. Cut both in very thin, transversal slices, arrange them on a silver casserole, or plate, [and] pour a gravy, or ragù of your liking on them.
- 2009, Giulia Angelini, Elisabetta Fontana, Per il verso giusto: Übungsbuch für fortgeschrittene Italienischlernende, Helmut Buske Verlag, page 196:
- Non è difficile preparare un buon ragù.
- Preparing some good ragù is not difficult.
- (maybe, vulgar, slang) the menses
Related terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- → English: ragù
Further reading
[edit]- ragù in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
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[edit]Romagnol
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from French ragoût (“ragout”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]ragù m (plural ragù)
References
[edit]- Masotti, Adelmo (1996) Vocabolario Romagnolo Italiano [Romagnol-Italian dictionary] (in Italian), Bologna: Zanichelli, page 490
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