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saki

/ˈsæki/

saki is the alternative spelling of saké.

Meaning of saké

Noun

saké (countable and uncountable, plural sakés)

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

Noun

saki (plural sakis)

  1. Any of several species of South American monkeys of the genus Pithecia with large ears and a long hairy tail that is not prehensile.

Proper noun capitalized: Saki

Saki

  1. Pseudonym of British author Hector Hugh Munro (1870–1916).

Forms of saki

pluralsakis

Origin of saki

Compare French saki and Portuguese saki, ultimately probably from a Tupian name sagui, compare sagoin.

Borrowed from Persian سَاقِی (sâqi), from the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam.

Words formed from saki

Phrases with saki

Questions about saki

What does saki mean?
Saki means any of several species of South American monkeys of the genus Pithecia with large ears and a long hairy tail that is not prehensile.
What is saki the alternative spelling of?
Saki is the alternative spelling of saké.
What part of speech is saki?
Saki can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce saki?
Saki is pronounced /ˈsæki/ (US).
What is the plural of saki?
The plural of saki is sakis.

Words near saki in the dictionary

  1. Sakharov conditions
  2. sakharovaite
  3. Sakhir
  4. Sakhno
  5. sakhua
  6. saki
  7. sakia
  8. Sakian
  9. sakias
  10. sakieh
  11. sakiehs

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Adapted from Wiktionary: saki (page history and authors); Saki (page history and authors); saké (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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