# ragoût
## English
### Noun

ragoût (countable and uncountable, plural ragoûts)
* 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

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

* raguu

### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French ragoût.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈrɑɡuː/, [ˈrɑ̝ɡuː]

### Noun

ragoût
* ragout

#### Declension

Possessive forms of ragoût (Kotus type 22/parfait, no gradation) :

### Further reading

* “ragoût”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

## French
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ʁa.ɡu/
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

ragoût m (plural ragoûts)
* ragout
* stew

#### Descendants

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

### Further reading

* “ragoût”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

## Norman
### Etymology

Borrowed from French ragoût.

### Noun

ragoût m (plural ragoûts)
* (Jersey) stew

#### Synonyms

* êtuivée
* fricot
* hachie