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saké

/ˈsækeɪ/

saké noun: rice wine; a drink made from filtered fermented rice.

Noun

saké (countable and uncountable, plural sakés)

  1. (alcoholic beverages) Rice wine; a drink made from filtered fermented rice.

saké meaning in Hindi, Bengali, Tagalog and Arabic

saké in Hindi

Japanese rice wine
साके sāke, साकी sākī

saké in Bengali

Japanese rice wine
সাকে śake

saké in Tagalog

Japanese rice wine
sake

saké in Arabic

Japanese rice wine
سَاكِي sākī
More languagesFewer languages
saké in Malay
sake
saké in Indonesian
sake
saké in Persian
ساکی sâki
saké in Thai
สาเก săa-gay
saké in Vietnamese
sake, chông trù

Forms of saké

pluralsakés
alternative formsake
alternative formsaki

Origin of saké

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.

Words formed from saké

Questions about saké

What does saké mean?
Saké means rice wine; a drink made from filtered fermented rice.
What is saké in Hindi?
Saké in Hindi is साके (sāke), साकी (sākī). See Saké meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is saké?
Saké is a noun.
How do you pronounce saké?
Saké is pronounced /ˈsækeɪ/.
What is the plural of saké?
The plural of saké is sakés.

Words near saké in the dictionary

  1. sakwa
  2. Saky
  3. Sakya
  4. Sakyamuni
  5. Sakyamuni Buddha
  6. saké
  7. sakés
  8. sal
  9. sal alembroth
  10. sal ammoniac
  11. sal prunella

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