Meanings
nounsatay (countable and uncountable, plural satays)
plural satays · alternative satai · alternative saté · alternative sate · alternative sateh
- countableuncountableA dish made from small pieces of meat or fish grilled on a skewer and served with a spicy peanut sauce, originating from Indonesia and Malaysia.
Crabbe bought sateh for all: tiny knobs and wedges of fire-hot meat on wooden skewers, to be dipped in a lukewarm sauce of fire and eaten with slivers of sweet potato and cucumber.
1956, Anthony Burgess, Time for a Tiger (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 107
Origin
Translations
Arabic سَاتِيه
- سَاتِيه (sātīh)dish
Chinese Cantonese 沙爹, 沙嗲
- 沙爹dish
- 沙嗲dish
Chinese Mandarin 沙茶, 沙爹
- 沙茶 (shāchá)dish
- 沙爹 (shādiē)dish
- 沙嗲 (shādiǎ)dish
Dutch saté
- satédish
Finnish satay, satay-vartaat
- sataydish
- satay-vartaatdish
French satay, saté
- sataydish
- satédish
German Satay, Saté
- Sataydish
- Satédish
Hungarian szaté
- szatédish
Indonesian satai
- sataidish
Italian saté
- satédish
Japanese サテ
- サテ (sate)dish
Korean 사테
- 사테 (sate)dish
Malay sate
- satedish
Polish satay, saté
- sataydish
- satédish
Portuguese satay
- sataydish
Russian сата́й, сате́
- сата́й (satáj)dish
- сате́ (saté)dish
- сатэ́ (satɛ́)dish
Spanish satay
- sataydish
Swedish satay
- sataydish
Tagalog satay
- sataydish
Thai สะเต๊ะ
- สะเต๊ะ (sà-dté)dish
Vietnamese satê
- satêdish
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with satay
All rhymes →Sounds the same
sauté (cot–caught merger)
Anagrams
Cite this entry
APA
satay. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/satay
MLA
“satay.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/satay. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “satay,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/satay.
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