saké
French, noun/sa.ke/
saké is a French masculine noun meaning “saké, rice wine” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Vin de riz japonais, produit par fermentation comme la bière, titrant de 14° à 17°”.
What does saké mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinesaké, rice wine
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Vin de riz japonais, produit par fermentation comme la bière, titrant de 14° à 17°.
noun: 1. Langue bantoue parlée traditionnellement par les Saké.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of saké
- sakés plural
- saki dated
- sacki dated
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce saké?
- /sa.ke/
- \sa.ke\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to saké
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is saké in French?
saké appears about once in every 2 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).