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satay

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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Sound

Pronunciation

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  • UK: /ˈsæt.eɪ/
  • UK: /ˈsɑː.teɪ/
  • rhymes with -æteɪ
  • US: /sæˈteɪ/
  • US: /sɑːˈteɪ/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • Australia: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • homophone: sauté (cot–caught merger)
  • rhymes with -eɪ
  • CMU ARPABET: S AE0 T EY1 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
  • CMU ARPABET 2: S AA0 T EY1 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

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noun

Meaning 1

A dish made from small pieces of meat or fish grilled on a skewer and served with a spicy peanut sauce, originating from Indonesia and Malaysia.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Tamil சதை (catai)bor. Javanese ꦱꦠꦺ (saté)bor. Malay sateder. English satay From Malay sate (“satay”), ultimately from Tamil சதை (catai). Doublet of sosatie and shacha.

Across languages

Translations

34 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: سَاتِيه (sātīh) — dish
  • Chinese Cantonese: 沙爹 — dish
  • Chinese Cantonese: 沙嗲 — dish
  • Chinese: 沙茶 (zh-min-nan) — dish
  • Chinese Mandarin: 沙茶 (shāchá) — dish
  • Chinese Mandarin: 沙爹 (shādiē) — dish
  • Chinese Mandarin: 沙嗲 (shādiǎ) — dish
  • Dutch: saté — dish
  • Finnish: satay — dish
  • Finnish: satay-vartaat — dish
  • French: satay — dish
  • French: saté — dish
  • German: Satay — dish
  • German: Saté — dish
  • Hungarian: szaté — dish
  • Indonesian: satai — dish
  • Italian: saté — dish
  • Japanese: サテ (sate) — dish
  • Javanese: ꦱꦠꦺ (saté) — dish
  • Khmer: សាតេ (saatee) — dish
  • Korean: 사테 (sate) — dish
  • Malay: sate — dish
  • Polish: satay — dish
  • Polish: saté — dish
  • Portuguese: satay — dish
  • Russian: сата́й (satáj) — dish
  • Russian: сате́ (saté) — dish
  • Russian: сатэ́ (satɛ́) — dish
  • Spanish: satay — dish
  • Sundanese: saté — dish
  • Swedish: satay — dish
  • Tagalog: satay — dish
  • Thai: สะเต๊ะ (sà-dté) — dish
  • Vietnamese: satê — dish