saké
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See also: Appendix:Variations of "sake"
English
Alternative forms
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.
Pronunciation
Noun
saké (countable and uncountable, plural sakés)
- Rice wine; a drink made from filtered fermented rice.
Derived terms
Translations
Japanese rice wine
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Anagrams
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Japanese 酒 (sake, “rice wine”).
Pronunciation
Noun
saké m (plural sakés)
Descendants
Further reading
- “saké”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.
Swedish
Noun
saké c
- Alternative form of sake (“saké”)
Declension
| Declension of saké | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Uncountable | ||||
| Indefinite | Definite | |||
| Nominative | saké | sakén | — | — |
| Genitive | sakés | sakéns | — | — |