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sauté

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sau⋅té

  [soh-tey, saw-] adjective, verb, -téed  [-teyd] , -té⋅ing  [-tey-ing] , noun
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–adjective
1. cooked or browned in a pan containing a small quantity of butter, oil, or other fat.
–verb (used with object)
2. to cook in a small amount of fat; pan-fry.
–noun
3. a dish of sautéed food.
Origin:
1805–15; < F, ptp. of sauter to jump (causative: to toss) < L saltāre, freq. of salīre to jump
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sau·té   (sō-tā', sô-)   
tr.v.   sau·téed, sau·té·ing, sau·tés
To fry lightly in fat in a shallow open pan.
n.  A dish of food so prepared.

[French, sautéd, from past participle of sauter, to leap, from Old French, from Latin saltāre; see saltation.]
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Word Origin & History

sauté 
1813, from Fr. sauté, lit. "jumped, bounced" (in reference to tossing while cooking), pp. of sauter "to jump," from L. saltare "to hop, dance," freq. of salire "to leap" (see salient).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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