# seitan
## English
### 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”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈseɪtən/, /ˈseɪtɑːn/, /ˈseɪtæn/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)
* Rhymes: -eɪtən, -eɪtɑːn, -eɪtæn
* Homophone: Satan

### Noun

seitan (usually uncountable, plural seitans)
* Specially processed wheat gluten, used as a protein-rich food.
** 1994, Leonard Jacobs, Cooking with Seitan: The Complete Vegetarian "wheat-meat" Cookbook, Penguin, →ISBN, page 28:Pan-simmer baked seitan cutlets in Basic Broth (page 20) or other seasoned stock for 15 minutes.
** 2007 July 13, C. J. Hughes, “Amid the Ruins of the Bungalow Era, a Weekenders’ Revival”, in New York Times‎:Fifty people […] ordered from a diverse menu that included vegan options like wheatgrass shots ($4) and seitan cutlets ($16).
** 2009, Nancy Robinson, Around the World Vegan Style, page 271:Morningstar Farms makes two vegan seitans called Meal Starters, chicken and beef flavor, already well seasoned.

#### Derived terms

* seitanic

#### Translations
### References

* ↑ William Shurtleff, H. T. Huang, Akiko Aoyagi, editors (2014), History of Soybeans and Soyfoods in China and Taiwan, and in Chinese Cookbooks, Restaurants, and in Chinese Work with Soyfoods Outside China (1024 BCE To 2014)‎, SoyInfo Center, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 2478
* ↑ William Shurtleff, Akiko Aoyagi, editors (2014), History of Soybeans and Soyfoods in Japan, and in Japanese Cookbooks and Restaurants outside Japan (701 CE to 2014)‎, SoyInfo Center, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 2676

### Further reading

* seitan on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
* seitan (Q943935)
* Cookbook:Seitan on Wikibooks.Wikibooks
* Category:Seitan on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
* “seitan”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.

### Anagrams

* anties, Setian, seatin', tisane, Anstie, sentai, tineas, satiné, Eastin, teasin', tenias, staine, Teians, eatin's

## Basque
### Numeral

seitan
* inessive indefinite of sei

## Finnish
### Etymology

From Japanese セイタン (seitan).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈsei̯tɑn/, [ˈs̠e̞i̯t̪ɑ̝n]
* Rhymes: -eitɑn
* Syllabification: sei‧tan

### Noun

seitan
* seitan

#### Declension

Possessive forms of seitan (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) :

### Further reading

* “seitan”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

### Anagrams

* asetin, astein, naiset, satein, tasein

## Italian
### Etymology

From Japanese.

### Noun

seitan m (invariable)
* seitan

### Anagrams

* antesi, asteni, astine, entasi, intesa, nastie, senati, setina, tesina, tisane

## Japanese
### Romanization

seitan
* Rōmaji transcription of せいたん
* Rōmaji transcription of セイタン

## Polish
### Alternative forms

* sejtan

### Etymology

Derived from Japanese セイタン. Coined by Japanese philosopher George Ohsawa in 1961.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈsɛj.tan/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ɛjtan
* Syllabification: sei‧tan

### Noun

seitan m inan
* seitan