sauté

Borrowed from French sauté, past participle of sauter, to jump, in cooking, diced onions jump in the pan from the hot oil, resembling a ballet dancer performing a "saute".

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈsəʊteɪ/
• (US) enPR: sōtāʹ, IPA^(key): /soʊˈteɪ/, /sɔˈteɪ/

sauté (third-person singular simple present sautés, present participle sautéing, simple past and past participle sautéed)

1. (transitive) 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.

sauté (plural sautés)

1. A dish prepared this way.

sauté m (feminine singular sautée, masculine plural sautés, feminine plural sautées)

1. past participle of sauter