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sauté

noun · verb · 2 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.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈsəʊteɪ/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • US: sōtāʹ
  • US: sôtāʹ
  • US: /soʊˈteɪ/
  • US: /sɔˈteɪ/
  • US: /sɑˈteɪ/
  • General-American: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.

1

noun

Meaning 1

A dish prepared this way.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

verb

Meaning 2

To cook (food) using a small amount of fat in an open pan over a relatively high heat, allowing the food to brown and form a crust stopping it from sticking to the pan as it cooks.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Borrowed from French sauté, past participle of sauter (“to sauté”, literally “to jump”); in cooking, diced onions jump in the pan from the hot oil.

Across languages

Translations

41 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Central Bikol: ginisa — a dish prepared this way
  • Bulgarian: соте́ (soté) — a dish prepared this way
  • Finnish: käristys — a dish prepared this way
  • Galician: rustrido — a dish prepared this way
  • Galician: refrito — a dish prepared this way
  • Indonesian: tumis — a dish prepared this way
  • Indonesian: tumisan — a dish prepared this way
  • Italian: saltata — a dish prepared this way
  • Turkish: sote — a dish prepared this way
  • Central Bikol: gisa — to cook (food) using a small amount of fat in an open pan over a relatively high heat
  • Bulgarian: соти́рам (sotíram) — to cook (food) using a small amount of fat in an open pan over a relatively high heat
  • Catalan: saltar — to cook (food) using a small amount of fat in an open pan over a relatively high heat
  • Chinese Mandarin: 嫩煎 (nènjiān) — to cook (food) using a small amount of fat in an open pan over a relatively high heat
  • Chinese Mandarin: 煎炒 (jiānchǎo) — to cook (food) using a small amount of fat in an open pan over a relatively high heat
  • Danish: sautere — to cook (food) using a small amount of fat in an open pan over a relatively high heat
  • Finnish: käristää — to cook (food) using a small amount of fat in an open pan over a relatively high heat
  • Finnish: soteerata — to cook (food) using a small amount of fat in an open pan over a relatively high heat
  • French: sauter — to cook (food) using a small amount of fat in an open pan over a relatively high heat
  • Galician: refogar — to cook (food) using a small amount of fat in an open pan over a relatively high heat
  • Galician: rustrir — to cook (food) using a small amount of fat in an open pan over a relatively high heat
  • German: sautieren — to cook (food) using a small amount of fat in an open pan over a relatively high heat
  • Hungarian: pirít — to cook (food) using a small amount of fat in an open pan over a relatively high heat
  • Hungarian: megpirít — to cook (food) using a small amount of fat in an open pan over a relatively high heat
  • Hungarian: kevés zsíron, hirtelen kisüt — to cook (food) using a small amount of fat in an open pan over a relatively high heat
  • Indonesian: tumis — to cook (food) using a small amount of fat in an open pan over a relatively high heat
  • Irish: sótáil — to cook (food) using a small amount of fat in an open pan over a relatively high heat
  • Italian: padellare — to cook (food) using a small amount of fat in an open pan over a relatively high heat
  • Italian: saltare — to cook (food) using a small amount of fat in an open pan over a relatively high heat
  • Italian: rosolare — to cook (food) using a small amount of fat in an open pan over a relatively high heat
  • Japanese: 炒める (itameru) — to cook (food) using a small amount of fat in an open pan over a relatively high heat
  • Japanese: ソテー (sotē) — to cook (food) using a small amount of fat in an open pan over a relatively high heat
  • Malay: tumis — to cook (food) using a small amount of fat in an open pan over a relatively high heat
  • Marathi: सॉटे करणे (sŏṭe karṇe) — to cook (food) using a small amount of fat in an open pan over a relatively high heat
  • Portuguese: refogar — to cook (food) using a small amount of fat in an open pan over a relatively high heat
  • Portuguese: saltear — to cook (food) using a small amount of fat in an open pan over a relatively high heat
  • Russian: жа́рить на ма́сле (žáritʹ na másle) — to cook (food) using a small amount of fat in an open pan over a relatively high heat
  • Spanish: rehogar — to cook (food) using a small amount of fat in an open pan over a relatively high heat
  • Spanish: ahogar — to cook (food) using a small amount of fat in an open pan over a relatively high heat
  • Swedish: sautera — to cook (food) using a small amount of fat in an open pan over a relatively high heat
  • Turkish: sotelemek — to cook (food) using a small amount of fat in an open pan over a relatively high heat
  • Turkish: sote etmek — to cook (food) using a small amount of fat in an open pan over a relatively high heat