sake

1 a reason for wanting something done; "for your sake"; "died for the sake of his country"; "in the interest of safety"; "in the common interest" [syn: interest]

2 Japanese alcoholic beverage made from fermented rice; usually served hot [syn: saki, rice beer]

3 the purpose of achieving or obtaining; "for the sake of argument"

English

Etymology 1

Old English sacu, from Germanic *sako. Cognate with Dutch zaak, German Sache, Swedish sak.

Pronunciation

• , /seɪk/, /seIk/
• Rhymes with: -eɪk

Noun

1. The benefit or regard of someone or something
   • 2005, Plato, Sophist. Translation by Lesley Brown. 242a-b.

     But it will be for your sake that we'll undertake to refute this thesis,

2. italbrac obsolete except in phrases Contention, strife; guilt, sin, accusation or charge.

Derived terms

• for Christ’s sake
• for God’s sake
• for heaven’s sake
• for the sake of
• for the sake of it

Translations

• Danish: skyld
• Norwegian: skyld
• Icelandic: í þágu
• Portuguese: causa

Translations to be checked

• ttbc German: Willen
• ttbc Welsh: mwyn

Etymology 2

Japanese 酒 (sake), any alcoholic drink.

Alternative spellings

• saké, saki

Pronunciation

• , /sɑːkɛ/, /sA:kE/
  • Rhymes with: -ɑːkɛ
• , /sɑːki/, /sA:ki/
  • Rhymes with: -ɑːki

Noun

1. italbrac countable and uncountable Rice wine, a Japanese alcoholic beverage made from rice.

Synonyms

• rice wine

Translations

• Bulgarian: саке (sake)
• Chinese: 清酒 (qīng jiǔ)
• Dutch: sake
• Finnish: sake, japanilainen riisiviini
• French: saké
• German: Sake
• Icelandic: hrísgrjónavín, sake
• Italian: sakè
• Japanese: 酒 ()
• Norwegian: sake

See also

• awamori
• shochu

Japanese

Etymology 1

Alternative forms

• お酒 (おさけ, osake, saké)

Noun

1. sake, alcohol-based beverage

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

sákè

Noun

1. salmon