sauter

English

Etymology 1

Noun

sauter (plural sauters)

1. Obsolete form of psalter.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from French sauter.

Verb

sauter (third-person singular simple present sauters, present participle sautering, simple past and past participle sautered)

1. Dated form of sauté.

Etymology 3

Due to American pronunciation.

Noun

sauter (uncountable)

1. Misspelling of solder.

Verb

sauter (third-person singular simple present sauters, present participle sautering, simple past and past participle sautered)

1. Misspelling of solder.

Anagrams

• Auster, Sutera, Tauers, Uretas, auster, urates

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French, from Latin saltāre. Cognate with Spanish saltar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /so.te/

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Verb

sauter

1. (intransitive) to jump, leap

   Je saute sur mon lit. ― I'm jumping on my bed.

2. (transitive) to jump over
3. (transitive) to sauté
4. (transitive, slang) to bang, hump, have sex with

   Je l’ai sauté(e) sur mon lit. ― I banged him/her on my bed.

5. (transitive) to skip (pass from one step directly to a later step without going through the intervening ones)

   Leur fille est brillante, elle a sauté deux années.

   Their daughter is brilliant, she has skipped two years

6. (intransitive) to explode

Conjugation

Derived terms

Related terms

• assaut
• saut
• saillir

Descendants

• → Turkish: sote (via past participle)

Further reading

• “sauter”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.

Anagrams

• autres, restau, ruâtes, sature, saturé, tueras

Middle English

Alternative forms

• psauter, psautere, psawter, psawtere, salter, sautyer, sawteer, sawter
• psalteer, psaltyre, psaulter, psaultier, saulter, sauteer, sautier, sautiere, sautir, sawghter, sawtar, sawtere, sawtier, sawtiere, sawtire, sawtur, sawtyre (Late Middle English)

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French sautier, saltier, from Late Latin psaltērium, from Ancient Greek ψαλτήριον (psaltḗrion), replacing Old English psalter. Doublet of sauterie.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sau̯ˈteːr/, /ˈsau̯tər/

Noun

sauter (plural sauters)

1. The Biblical book of Psalms; the section of the Bible containing psalms.
2. A psalm (hymn in the Book of Psalms)
3. A psalter; a book containing psalms and related material.
4. A psaltery (lute-like string instrument)

Descendants

• English: psalter

References

• “sautē̆r, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Norman

Etymology

From Old French, from Latin saltō, saltāre.

Pronunciation

• Audio (Jersey)

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Verb

sauter

1. (Jersey) to jump

Scots

Etymology

saut (“salt”) +‎ -er

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): ,
• (Northern Scots, Insular Scots) IPA^(key):

Noun

sauter (plural sauters)

1. salter (maker of salt)
2. one who can do severe things