saké

See also: sake, Sake, sakė, and sa kê

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese (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

  • enPR: säkĕ, IPA(key): /sɑːkɛ/
    • Rhymes: -ɑːkɛ
  • enPR: säkē, IPA(key): /sɑːki/
    • Rhymes: -ɑːki

Noun

saké (countable and uncountable, plural sakés)

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

Anagrams


French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sa.ke/

Noun

saké m (plural sakés)

  1. sake, rice wine.

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