Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

saké

/ˈsækeɪ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.35 in modern English

Syllables
sake
IPA
/ˈsækeɪ/
7
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Rice wine; a drink made from filtered fermented rice.

Countable; Uncountable

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.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

sakés (plural) sake (alternative) saki (alternative)

Derived Forms

saketini

Phrases

sake bomb sake set

Questions

How do you pronounce saké?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈsækeɪ/.
What does saké mean?
Rice wine; a drink made from filtered fermented rice.
Where does saké come from?
It is traced to French.

How to pronounce saké

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