ragout

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/ɹæˈɡuː//ˈɹæɡuː/

noun

a stew of meat and vegetables mixed together

OriginFrench ragoût →
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Meanings

nounragout (countable and uncountable, plural ragouts)

plural ragouts · alternative obsolete ragoo · alternative obsolete ragou · alternative ragoût

  1. countableuncountablea stew of meat and vegetables mixed together
  2. broadlycountableuncountableany stew, soup, or sauce
verbragout (third-person singular simple present ragouts, present participle ragouting, simple past and past participle ragouted)

present singular third person ragouts · participle present ragouting · participle past ragouted · past ragouted · alternative obsolete ragoo · alternative obsolete ragou · alternative ragoût

  1. transitiveTo prepare (food) as a ragout.

Origin

  1. Frenchragoût
  2. Englishragout

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

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Translations

Bulgarian рагу́
  • рагу́ (ragú)stew of meat and vegetables mixed together
Chinese Mandarin 蔬菜炖肉
  • 蔬菜炖肉 (shūcài dùnròu)stew of meat and vegetables mixed together
Czech ragú
  • ragústew of meat and vegetables mixed together
Danish ragout
  • ragoutstew of meat and vegetables mixed together
Dutch ragout
  • ragoutstew of meat and vegetables mixed together
Esperanto raguo
  • raguostew of meat and vegetables mixed together
Finnish ragoût, raguu
  • ragoûtstew of meat and vegetables mixed together
  • raguustew of meat and vegetables mixed together
  • höystöstew of meat and vegetables mixed together
  • patastew of meat and vegetables mixed together
French ragoût
  • ragoûtstew of meat and vegetables mixed together
German Ragout
  • Ragoutstew of meat and vegetables mixed together
Hungarian ragu
  • ragustew of meat and vegetables mixed together
Italian stufato
  • stufatostew of meat and vegetables mixed together
Japanese ラグー
  • ラグー (ragū)stew of meat and vegetables mixed together
Polish ragoût, ragu
  • ragoûtstew of meat and vegetables mixed together
  • ragustew of meat and vegetables mixed together
Portuguese ragu
  • ragustew of meat and vegetables mixed together
Russian рагу́
  • рагу́ (ragú)stew of meat and vegetables mixed together
Spanish guiso, puchero
  • guisostew of meat and vegetables mixed together
  • pucherostew of meat and vegetables mixed together
Swahili raguu
  • raguustew of meat and vegetables mixed together
Swedish ragu
  • ragustew of meat and vegetables mixed together
Vietnamese ragu
  • ragustew of meat and vegetables mixed together

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with ragout

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Cite this entry
APA

ragout. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ragout

MLA

“ragout.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ragout. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “ragout,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ragout.

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