sake
Meaning
- cause, interest or account
- purpose or end; reason
- the benefit or regard of someone or something
- contention, strife; guilt, sin, accusation or charge
Concepts
sake
for
in order to
owing
alcohol
saki
account
benefit
cause
interest
aim
purpose
reason
saké
objective
advantage
rice beer
intension
object
purport
hospitality
regard
service
bring about
drinking place
Japanese rice wine
motive
call
causation
ground
occasion
animus
design
effect
end
mark
purview
scope
sentinel
sentry
tenor
view
behalf
comeliness
cuteness
favor
favour
grace
for the sake of
destination
intent
mind
point
significance
love
wine
Japanese sake
because
concerning
on account of
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈseɪk/
Etymology
From Middle English sake (“sake, cause”), from Old English sacu (“cause, lawsuit, legal action, complaint, issue, dispute”), from Proto-West Germanic *saku, from Proto-Germanic *sakō (“affair, thing, charge, accusation, matter”), from Proto-Indo-European *seh₂g- (“to investigate”). Akin to West Frisian saak (“cause; business”), Low German Saak, Dutch zaak (“matter; cause; business”), German Sache (“thing; matter; cause; legal cause”), Danish sag, Swedish and Norwegian sak, Gothic 𐍃𐌰𐌺𐌾𐍉 (sakjō, “dispute, argument”), Old English sōcn (“inquiry, prosecution”), Old English sēcan (“to seek”). More at soke, soken, seek.
Start learning English with learnfeliz.
Practice speaking and memorizing "sake" and many other words and sentences in English.
Go to our English course page
Notes
Sign in to write sticky notes
Sentences