saké

Meaning

Rice wine; a drink made from filtered fermented rice.

Synonyms

Translations

saké

rijstwijn

saké

ساكي

sake

sake

Reiswein

Reisbier

Frequency

40k
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈsækeɪ/
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.

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