saké

See also: Appendix:Variations of "sake"

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 酒 (sake, “rice wine”), where the final e is accented to indicate that it is pronounced where it would usually remain silent in other senses of sake, as well as to differentiate it. Likely influenced by French saké.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈsækeɪ/, /ˈsɑːkeɪ/
  • Audio (Southern England)(file)
    • Rhymes: -ækeɪ, Rhymes: -ɑːkeɪ
  • IPA(key): /ˈsæki/, /ˈsɑːki/
    • Rhymes: -æki, Rhymes: -ɑːki

Noun

saké (countable and uncountable, plural sakés)

  1. Rice wine; a drink made from filtered fermented rice.

Derived terms

Translations

Anagrams

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 酒 (sake, “rice wine”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /sa.ke/
  • Audio(file)

Noun

saké m (plural sakés)

  1. saké, rice wine

Descendants
  • → Romanian: sake n
  • → Turkish: sake

Further reading

Swedish

Noun

saké c

  1. Alternative form of sake (“saké”)

Declension
Declension of saké 
Uncountable
Indefinite Definite
Nominative saké sakén — —
Genitive sakés sakéns — —

References
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