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ragout

/ɹæˈɡuː/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.86 in modern English

Syllables
ragout
IPA
/ɹæˈɡuː/
7
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
1
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

a stew of meat and vegetables mixed together

Countable; Uncountable

noun

any stew, soup, or sauce

Countable; Uncountable

verb

To prepare (food) as a ragout.

Transitive verb

Etymology

Borrowed from French ragoût. Compare ragù of the same origin, borrowed from Italian.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

ragouts (plural) ragoo (alternative, obsolete) ragou (alternative, obsolete) ragoût (alternative) ragouts (present, singular) ragouting (participle, present) ragouted (participle, past) ragouted (past)

Rhymes With

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Questions

How do you pronounce ragout?
The recorded pronunciation is /ɹæˈɡuː/.
What does ragout mean?
a stew of meat and vegetables mixed together
Where does ragout come from?
It is traced to French.

How to pronounce ragout

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