sake

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English

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Etymology 1

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FromMiddle Englishsake(sake, cause),fromOld Englishsacu(cause, lawsuit, legal action, complaint, issue, dispute),fromProto-West Germanic*saku,fromProto-Germanic*sakō(affair, thing, charge, accusation, matter),fromProto-Indo-European*seh₂g-(to investigate).

Akin toWest Frisiansaak(cause; business),Low GermanSaak,Dutchzaak(matter; cause; business),GermanSache(thing; matter; cause; legal cause),Danishsag,SwedishandNorwegiansak,Gothic𐍃𐌰𐌺𐌾𐍉(sakjō,dispute, argument),Old Englishsōcn(inquiry, prosecution),Old Englishsēcan(to seek).More atsoke,soken,seek.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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sake(pluralsakes)

  1. cause,interestoraccount
    For thesakeof argument
  2. purposeorend;reason
    For old times'sake
  3. the benefit or regard of someone or something
  4. (obsolete except in phrases)contention,strife;guilt,sin,accusationor charge
    • 1611,The Holy Bible,[](King James Version), London:[]Robert Barker,[],→OCLC,Genesis3:17:
      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 thysake;in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life.
Usage notes
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  • The wordsakeis 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,andfor the sake of).
  • Garner'sModern American Usagenotes 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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The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions atWiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Etymology 2

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Noun

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sake(countableanduncountable,pluralsakes)

  1. Alternative spelling ofsaké

Anagrams

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Dutch

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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FromJapaneseRượu(sake,alcoholic drink).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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sakem(uncountable)

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

Finnish

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Etymology

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FromJapaneseRượu(sake,alcoholic drink).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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sake

  1. sake(Japanese rice wine)

Declension

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Inflectionofsake(Kotustype 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
sakeinrare
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 formsofsake(Kotustype 8/nalle,no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative sakeni sakeni
accusative nom. sakeni sakeni
gen. sakeni
genitive sakeni sakejeni
sakeinirare
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
sakeisirare
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
sakeimmerare
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
sakeinnerare
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
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative sakensa sakensa
accusative nom. sakensa sakensa
gen. sakensa
genitive sakensa sakejensa
sakeinsarare
partitive sakeaan
sakeansa
sakejaan
sakejansa
inessive sakessaan
sakessansa
sakeissaan
sakeissansa
elative sakestaan
sakestansa
sakeistaan
sakeistansa
illative sakeensa sakeihinsa
adessive sakellaan
sakellansa
sakeillaan
sakeillansa
ablative sakeltaan
sakeltansa
sakeiltaan
sakeiltansa
allative sakelleen
sakellensa
sakeilleen
sakeillensa
essive sakenaan
sakenansa
sakeinaan
sakeinansa
translative sakekseen
sakeksensa
sakeikseen
sakeiksensa
abessive sakettaan
sakettansa
sakeittaan
sakeittansa
instructive
comitative sakeineen
sakeinensa

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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sàkēm(possessed formsàken)

  1. slackness

Indonesian

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IndonesianWikipediahas an article on:
Wikipediaid

Etymology

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FromJapaneseRượu(さけ)(sake,alcoholic drink).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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sake(pluralsake-sake,first-person possessivesakeku,second-person possessivesakemu,third-person possessivesakenya)

  1. sake(Japanese rice wine)

Alternative forms

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Further reading

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Japanese

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Romanization

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sake

  1. Rōmajitranscription ofさけ
  2. Rōmajitranscription ofサケ

Kapampangan

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Etymology

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FromProto-Malayo-Polynesian*sakay.

Verb

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sake

  1. toboard,toembark,toride

Middle Dutch

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Etymology

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FromOld Dutch*saka,fromProto-West Germanic*saku.

Noun

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sākef

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

Inflection

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This noun needs aninflection-table template.

Descendants

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  • Dutch:zaak
  • Limburgish:zaak

Further reading

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Moore

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Etymology

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Cognate withFarefaresakɛ

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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Norwegian NynorskWikipediahas an article on:
Wikipediann

Etymology

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FromJapaneseRượu(sake,alcoholic drink).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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sakem(definite singularsaken,indefinite pluralsakar,definite pluralsakane)

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

References

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Pali

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Alternative forms

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Adjective

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sake

  1. inflection ofsaka(one's own):
    1. masculine/neuterlocativesingular
    2. masculineaccusativeplural
    3. femininevocativesingular

Polish

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Etymology

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BorrowedfromJapaneseRượu(sake,alcoholic drink).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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saken(indeclinable)

  1. sake(Japanese rice wine)

Further reading

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  • sakeinWielki słownik języka polskiego,Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • sakein Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Unadapted borrowingfromJapaneseRượu(sake,alcoholic drink).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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sakem(pluralsakes)

  1. sake(Japanese rice wine)

Quotations

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For quotations using this term, seeCitations:saquê.

Romanian

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Etymology

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BorrowedfromFrenchsaké.

Noun

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saken(uncountable)

  1. sake

Declension

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Spanish

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Etymology

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BorrowedfromJapaneseRượu(sake,alcoholic drink).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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sakem(pluralsakes)

  1. sake(Japanese rice wine)

Further reading

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Swedish

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SwedishWikipediahas an article on:
Wikipediasv
ett glas sake

Alternative forms

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Noun

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sakec

  1. saké(rice wine)

Declension

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References

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