sake

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Pronunciation

• enPR: sāk, IPA: /seɪk/

Noun

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
   • 2005, Plato, Sophist. Translation by Lesley Brown. 242a-b.

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

4. (obsolete except in phrases) contention, strife; guilt, sin, accusation or charge
   • 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.

Translations

• Italian: causa
• Portuguese: causa, causa, interesse
• Russian: причи́на
• Spanish: causa, gracia

Translations

• Portuguese: razão, motivo
• Russian: причи́на
• Spanish: razón, motivo , gracia

Translations

• Portuguese: bem, benefício
• Russian: бла́го
• Spanish: bien , gracia

Translations

• Spanish: gracia

Pronunciation

• enPR: säkā, IPA: /sɑːkeɪ/
• enPR: säkē, IPA: /sɑːki/

Noun

sake

1. (countable and uncountable) rice wine, a Japanese alcoholic beverage made from rice

   Synonyms: rice wine

Translations

• French: saké
• German: Sake
• Italian: sakè
• Portuguese: saqué (Portugal), saquê (Brazil)
• Russian: сакэ́
• Spanish: sake

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