sauté
[ soh-tey, saw- ]
adjective
cooked or browned in a pan containing a small quantity of butter, oil, or other fat.
verb (used with object),sau·téed [soh-teyd, saw-], /soʊˈteɪd, sɔ-/, sau·té·ing [soh-tey-ing, saw-]. /soʊˈteɪ ɪŋ, sɔ-/.
to cook in a small amount of fat; pan-fry.
noun
a dish of sautéed food.
Origin of sauté
11805–15; <French, past participle of sauter to jump (causative: to toss) <Latin saltāre, frequentative of salīre to jump
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How to use sauté in a sentence
Pommes de terre sautes may be deemed chaste enough to appear—and disappear—at the same happy moment.
The Feasts of Autolycus | Elizabeth Robins Pennell
British Dictionary definitions for sauté
sauté
/ (ˈsəʊteɪ) /
verb-tés, -téing, -téeing or -téed
to fry (food) quickly in a little fat
noun
a dish of sautéed food, esp meat that is browned and then cooked in a sauce
adjective
sautéed until lightly brown: sauté potatoes
Origin of sauté
1C19: from French: tossed, from sauter to jump, from Latin saltāre to dance, from salīre to spring
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