saké
EnglishEdit
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EtymologyEdit
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.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
saké (countable and uncountable, plural sakés)
- Rice wine; a drink made from filtered fermented rice.
TranslationsEdit
Japanese rice wine
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AnagramsEdit
FrenchEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from Japanese 酒 (sake, “rice wine”).
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
saké m (plural sakés)
DescendantsEdit
Further readingEdit
- “saké”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.