English

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Etymology 1

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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.

Pronunciation

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  • enPR: sāk, IPA(key): /ˈseɪk/
  • Audio (US):(file)
  • Rhymes: -eɪk

Noun

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sake (plural sakes)

  1. cause, interest or account
    For the sake of argument
  2. purpose or end; reason
    For old times' sake
  3. the benefit or regard of someone or something
  4. (obsolete except in phrases) contention, strife; guilt, sin, accusation or charge
    • 1611, The Holy Bible, [] (King James Version), London: [] Robert Barker, [], →OCLC, Genesis 3:17:
      And unto Adam He said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life.
Usage notes
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  • The word sake is generally used in constructions of the form "for X's sake" or "for the sake of X", where X is a noun (see the quotations above, for sake of, and for the sake of).
  • Garner's Modern American Usage notes it is common to write an (unpronounced) apostrophe rather than apostrophe–ess in this construction when the noun ends in an /s/ or /z/ sound: for appearance' sake, for goodness' sake.
Derived terms
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Translations
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Etymology 2

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Noun

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sake (countable and uncountable, plural sakes)

  1. Alternative spelling of saké

Anagrams

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Dutch

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Japanese (sake, alcoholic drink).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈsaː.keː/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: sa‧ke

Noun

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sake m (uncountable)

  1. sake (Japanese rice wine)
    Hypernyms: rijstbier, rijstwijn

Finnish

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Etymology

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From Japanese (sake, alcoholic drink).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈsɑke/, [ˈs̠ɑ̝k̟e̞]
  • Rhymes: -ɑke
  • Hyphenation(key): sa‧ke

Noun

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sake

  1. sake (Japanese rice wine)

Declension

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Inflection of sake (Kotus type 8/nalle, no gradation)
nominative sake saket
genitive saken sakejen
partitive sakea sakeja
illative sakeen sakeihin
singular plural
nominative sake saket
accusative nom. sake saket
gen. saken
genitive saken sakejen
sakein rare
partitive sakea sakeja
inessive sakessa sakeissa
elative sakesta sakeista
illative sakeen sakeihin
adessive sakella sakeilla
ablative sakelta sakeilta
allative sakelle sakeille
essive sakena sakeina
translative sakeksi sakeiksi
abessive saketta sakeitta
instructive sakein
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of sake (Kotus type 8/nalle, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative sakeni sakeni
accusative nom. sakeni sakeni
gen. sakeni
genitive sakeni sakejeni
sakeini rare
partitive sakeani sakejani
inessive sakessani sakeissani
elative sakestani sakeistani
illative sakeeni sakeihini
adessive sakellani sakeillani
ablative sakeltani sakeiltani
allative sakelleni sakeilleni
essive sakenani sakeinani
translative sakekseni sakeikseni
abessive sakettani sakeittani
instructive
comitative sakeineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative sakesi sakesi
accusative nom. sakesi sakesi
gen. sakesi
genitive sakesi sakejesi
sakeisi rare
partitive sakeasi sakejasi
inessive sakessasi sakeissasi
elative sakestasi sakeistasi
illative sakeesi sakeihisi
adessive sakellasi sakeillasi
ablative sakeltasi sakeiltasi
allative sakellesi sakeillesi
essive sakenasi sakeinasi
translative sakeksesi sakeiksesi
abessive sakettasi sakeittasi
instructive
comitative sakeinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative sakemme sakemme
accusative nom. sakemme sakemme
gen. sakemme
genitive sakemme sakejemme
sakeimme rare
partitive sakeamme sakejamme
inessive sakessamme sakeissamme
elative sakestamme sakeistamme
illative sakeemme sakeihimme
adessive sakellamme sakeillamme
ablative sakeltamme sakeiltamme
allative sakellemme sakeillemme
essive sakenamme sakeinamme
translative sakeksemme sakeiksemme
abessive sakettamme sakeittamme
instructive
comitative sakeinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative sakenne sakenne
accusative nom. sakenne sakenne
gen. sakenne
genitive sakenne sakejenne
sakeinne rare
partitive sakeanne sakejanne
inessive sakessanne sakeissanne
elative sakestanne sakeistanne
illative sakeenne sakeihinne
adessive sakellanne sakeillanne
ablative sakeltanne sakeiltanne
allative sakellenne sakeillenne
essive sakenanne sakeinanne
translative sakeksenne sakeiksenne
abessive sakettanne sakeittanne
instructive
comitative sakeinenne

Further reading

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Anagrams

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Hausa

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /sà.kéː/
    • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA(key): [sə̀.céː]

Noun

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sàkē m (possessed form sàken)

  1. slackness

Indonesian

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Etymology

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From Japanese (さけ) (sake, alcoholic drink).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /sa.ke/
  • Hyphenation: sa‧ké

Noun

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sake (plural sake-sake, first-person possessive sakeku, second-person possessive sakemu, third-person possessive sakenya)

  1. sake (Japanese rice wine)

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Japanese

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Romanization

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sake

  1. Rōmaji transcription of さけ
  2. Rōmaji transcription of サケ

Kapampangan

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Etymology

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From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *sakay.

Verb

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sake

  1. to board, to embark, to ride

Middle Dutch

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Etymology

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From Old Dutch *saka, from Proto-West Germanic *saku.

Noun

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sāke f

  1. case, matter, affair
  2. thing
  3. cause, reason

Inflection

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This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

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  • Dutch: zaak
  • Limburgish: zaak

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Moore

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Etymology

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Cognate with Farefare sakɛ

Pronunciation

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IPA(key): /sà.ke/

Verb

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sake

  1. to take out
  2. to accept, agree, approve of, tolerate, permit, obey
  3. to answer to a call
  4. to succeed, do well

Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology

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From Japanese (sake, alcoholic drink).

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Noun

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sake m (definite singular saken, indefinite plural sakar, definite plural sakane)

  1. saké (Japanese rice wine)
    Hypernyms: risøl, risvin

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Pali

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Alternative forms

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Adjective

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sake

  1. inflection of saka (one's own):
    1. masculine/neuter locative singular
    2. masculine accusative plural
    3. feminine vocative singular

Polish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Japanese (sake, alcoholic drink).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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sake n (indeclinable)

  1. sake (Japanese rice wine)

Further reading

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  • sake in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • sake in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Unadapted borrowing from Japanese (sake, alcoholic drink).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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sake m (plural sakes)

  1. sake (Japanese rice wine)

Quotations

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For quotations using this term, see Citations:saquê.

Romanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French saké.

Noun

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sake n (uncountable)

  1. sake

Declension

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singular only indefinite definite
nominative-accusative sake sakeul
genitive-dative sake sakeului
vocative sakeule

Spanish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Japanese (sake, alcoholic drink).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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sake m (plural sakes)

  1. sake (Japanese rice wine)

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Swedish

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ett glas sake

Alternative forms

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Noun

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sake c

  1. saké (rice wine)

Declension

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Declension of sake
nominative genitive
singular indefinite sake sakes
definite saken sakens
plural indefinite
definite

References

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