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ragù

/ɹæˈɡu/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.47 in modern English

Syllables
ragu
IPA
/ɹæˈɡu/
4
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
2
Syllables
4
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An Italian pasta sauce containing ground meat cooked with sautéed vegetables in tomato sauce or some other kind of liquid.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ǵews- Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Indo-European *ǵéwstus Proto-Italic *gustus Latin gustus Middle French goûtder. Middle French ragoûterder. French ragoûtbor. Italian ragùubor. English ragù Unadapted borrowing from Italian ragù, from French ragoût, from Middle French ragoûter (“to awaken the appetite”), from goût (“taste”), from Latin gustus. Doublet of ragout.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /ɹæˈɡu/
  • British English: /ˈɹæ.ɡuː/

Usage

Inflected Forms

ragùs (plural) ragu (alternative)

Rhymes With

u u. q q. ü pas-de-deux perú début û lü ū nü

Questions

How do you pronounce ragù?
The recorded pronunciation is /ɹæˈɡu/.
What does ragù mean?
An Italian pasta sauce containing ground meat cooked with sautéed vegetables in tomato sauce or some other kind of liquid.
Where does ragù come from?
It is traced to French.

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