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Webster 1913 Edition
Sauter
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Sauˊter′
,Verb.
T.
[F., properly, to jump.]
To fry lightly and quickly, as meat, by turning or tossing it over frequently in a hot pan greased with a little fat.
Sau′ter
,Noun.
Psalter.
[Obs.]
Piers Plowman.
Definition 2024
sauter
sauter
English
Noun
sauter (plural sauters)
- Obsolete form of psalter.
Etymology 2
Verb
sauter (third-person singular simple present sauters, present participle sautering, simple past and past participle sautered)
- Dated form of sauté.
Etymology 3
Noun
sauter (uncountable)
- Misspelling of solder. (due to American pronunciation)
Verb
sauter (third-person singular simple present sauters, present participle sautering, simple past and past participle sautered)
- Misspelling of solder. (due to American pronunciation)
French
Etymology
From Latin saltāre, present active infinitive of saltō, whence also Spanish: saltar
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /so.te/
Verb
sauter
- (intransitive) to jump, leap
- Je saute sur mon lit.
- I'm jumping on my bed.
- Je saute sur mon lit.
- (transitive, slang) to bang, hump, have sex with
- Je l’ai sautée sur mon lit.
- I jumped her on my bed.
- Je l’ai sautée sur mon lit.
Conjugation
Conjugation of sauter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | sauter | avoir sauté | |||||
| gerund | en sautant | en ayant sauté | |||||
| present participle | sautant /so.tɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | sauté /so.te/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | saute /sot/ |
sautes /sot/ |
saute /sot/ |
sautons /so.tɔ̃/ |
sautez /so.te/ |
sautent /sot/ |
| imperfect | sautais /so.tɛ/ |
sautais /so.tɛ/ |
sautait /so.tɛ/ |
sautions /so.tjɔ̃/ |
sautiez /so.tje/ |
sautaient /so.tɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | sautai /so.te/ |
sautas /so.ta/ |
sauta /so.ta/ |
sautâmes /so.tam/ |
sautâtes /so.tat/ |
sautèrent /so.tɛʁ/ |
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| future | sauterai /so.tʁe/ |
sauteras /so.tʁa/ |
sautera /so.tʁa/ |
sauterons /so.tʁɔ̃/ |
sauterez /so.tʁe/ |
sauteront /so.tʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | sauterais /so.tʁɛ/ |
sauterais /so.tʁɛ/ |
sauterait /so.tʁɛ/ |
sauterions /so.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
sauteriez /so.tə.ʁje/ |
sauteraient /so.tʁɛ/ |
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| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior1 | Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il | que nous | que vous | qu’ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | saute /sot/ |
sautes /sot/ |
saute /sot/ |
sautions /so.tjɔ̃/ |
sautiez /so.tje/ |
sautent /sot/ |
| imperfect1 |
sautasse /so.tas/ |
sautasses /so.tas/ |
sautât /so.ta/ |
sautassions /so.ta.sjɔ̃/ |
sautassiez /so.ta.sje/ |
sautassent /so.tas/ |
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| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect1 | Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | saute /sot/ |
— | sautons /so.tɔ̃/ |
sautez /so.te/ |
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