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ragout

noun · verb · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • /ɹæˈɡuː/
  • /ˈɹæɡuː/
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  • rhymes with -uː

1

noun

Meaning 1

a stew of meat and vegetables mixed together

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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2

noun

Meaning 2

any stew, soup, or sauce

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: broadly, countable, uncountable

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3

verb

Meaning 3

To prepare (food) as a ragout.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

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4

noun

Meaning 4

well-seasoned stew of meat and vegetables

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Broader terms: stew

Narrower terms: salmi

History

Etymology

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

Across languages

Translations

28 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: рагу́ (ragú) — stew of meat and vegetables mixed together
  • Chinese Mandarin: 蔬菜炖肉 (shūcài dùnròu) — stew of meat and vegetables mixed together
  • Czech: ragú — stew of meat and vegetables mixed together
  • Danish: ragout — stew of meat and vegetables mixed together
  • Dutch: ragout — stew of meat and vegetables mixed together
  • Esperanto: raguo — stew of meat and vegetables mixed together
  • Finnish: ragoût — stew of meat and vegetables mixed together
  • Finnish: raguu — stew of meat and vegetables mixed together
  • Finnish: höystö — stew of meat and vegetables mixed together
  • Finnish: pata — stew of meat and vegetables mixed together
  • French: ragoût — stew of meat and vegetables mixed together
  • Galician: ragú — stew of meat and vegetables mixed together
  • Georgian: რაგუ (ragu) — stew of meat and vegetables mixed together
  • German: Ragout — stew of meat and vegetables mixed together
  • Hungarian: ragu — stew of meat and vegetables mixed together
  • Ido: raguto — stew of meat and vegetables mixed together
  • Italian: stufato — stew of meat and vegetables mixed together
  • Japanese: ラグー (ragū) — stew of meat and vegetables mixed together
  • Polish: ragoût — stew of meat and vegetables mixed together
  • Polish: ragu — stew of meat and vegetables mixed together
  • Portuguese: ragu — stew of meat and vegetables mixed together
  • Russian: рагу́ (ragú) — stew of meat and vegetables mixed together
  • Serbo-Croatian: ràgū — stew of meat and vegetables mixed together
  • Spanish: guiso — stew of meat and vegetables mixed together
  • Spanish: puchero — stew of meat and vegetables mixed together
  • Swahili: raguu — stew of meat and vegetables mixed together
  • Swedish: ragu — stew of meat and vegetables mixed together
  • Vietnamese: ragu — stew of meat and vegetables mixed together