noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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/ˈsækeɪ/
/ˈsɑːkeɪ/
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rhymes with -ækeɪ
rhymes with Rhymes: -ɑːkeɪ
/ˈsæki/
/ˈsɑːki/
rhymes with -æki
rhymes with Rhymes: -ɑːki
1
noun
Meaning 1
Rice wine; a drink made from filtered fermented rice.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Qualifier: alcoholic beverages
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
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.
Across languages
Translations
54 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Ainu:
サケ
(sake)
— Japanese rice wine
Arabic:
سَاكِي
(sākī)
— Japanese rice wine
Armenian:
սակե
(sake)
— Japanese rice wine
Belarusian:
сакэ́
(saké)
— Japanese rice wine
Bengali:
সাকে
(śake)
— Japanese rice wine
Bulgarian:
саке́
(saké)
— Japanese rice wine
Chinese Mandarin:
清酒
(qīngjiǔ)
— Japanese rice wine
Chinese Mandarin:
日本酒
(rìběnjiǔ)
— Japanese rice wine