seitan
/ˈseɪtən/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.81 in modern English
6
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "Pan-simmer baked seitan cutlets in Basic Broth (page 20) or other seasoned stock for 15 minutes."
- "Fifty people […] ordered from a diverse menu that included vegan options like wheatgrass shots ($4) and seitan cutlets ($16)."
- "Morningstar Farms makes two vegan seitans called Meal Starters, chicken and beef flavor, already well seasoned."
Etymology
Romaji of the Japanese セイタン which was coined by philosopher George Ohsawa in 1961. Ohsawa also occasionally used the kanji term 生蛋 from 生 (“fresh; raw”) and 蛋, the first character in 蛋白 (tanpaku, “protein”). In Japan, wheat gluten itself is usually referred to as 麩 (fu, “wheat bran, gluten”), while seitan in particular is generally written in katakana as セイタン. Another common term for this is グルテンミート (“gluten meat”).
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: セイタン