Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sackee

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: sac-k-ee
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

3

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

sake (Japanese rice wine)

Countable; Obsolete; Uncountable

noun

A person who is sacked from a job.

Etymology

Borrowed from Okinawan 酒 (さき, saki). Doublet of sake.

Word Breakdown

Root: 酒
Suffix: sack

Usage

Inflected Forms

sackees (plural)

Questions

What does sackee mean?: sake (Japanese rice wine)
Where does sackee come from?: Borrowed from Okinawan 酒 (さき, saki). Doublet of sake.

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