Meaning

1 senses
  1. (uncountable, usually)Specially processed wheat gluten, used as a protein-rich food.

    Seitan

Examples

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  1. Do they make gluten-free seitan?

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  2. I need more seitan in my life.

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  3. The seitan is in the gluten-free section.

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  4. Every week we get together and talk about seitan.

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  5. A vegan knocked on my door and wanted to talk to me about seitan.

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Translations

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By meaning 1
wheat gluten:

Origin

Romaji of the Japanese セイタン which was coined by philosopher George Ohsawa in 1961. Ohsawa

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”).

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Forms

plural: seitans
Singularseitan

uncountable

Word family

1 related words
Derivedseitanic

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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