Saki

UK:**UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈsɑːki/US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(sakē, säkē)


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Saki /ˈsɑːkɪ/ n
  1. pen name of (Hector Hugh) Munro1
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
sake1 /seɪk/USA pronunciation   n. [uncountable]
  1. benefit or well-being:worked hard for the sake of her family.
  2. purpose;
    end:art for art's sake.

sa•ke2 or sa•ké  or sa•ki /ˈsɑki, -kɛ/USA pronunciation   n. [uncountable]
  1. Winea Japanese alcoholic beverage made from rice.

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sa•ki1  (sakē, säkē),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Mammalsany of several monkeys of the genus Pithecia, of tropical South America, having a golden-brown to black, thick, shaggy coat and a long, bushy, nonprehensile tail.
  • Tupi sagui
  • French
  • 1765–75

sa•ki2  (säkē),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Winesake2.

Sa•ki  (säkē),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Biographicalpen name of H. H. Munro.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
sake1  (sāk),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. cause, account, interest, or benefit:for the sake of all students.
  2. purpose or end:for the sake of appearances.
  • bef. 900; Middle English; Old English sacu lawsuit, cause; cognate with German Sache thing, Old Norse sǫk lawsuit; akin to seek
    1. regard, consideration, respect. 2. reason.

sa•ke2  (säkē),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Winea Japanese fermented, mildly alcoholic beverage made from rice.
Also, saké, saki. 
  • Japanese sake(y), earlier *sakai
  • 1680–90

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
saki /ˈsɑːkɪ/ n
  1. any of several small mostly arboreal New World monkeys of the genera Pithecia and Chiropotes, having long hair and a long bushy tail
  2. another name for sake2
Etymology: sense 1: C20: French, from Tupi saqi
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
sake /seɪk/ n
  1. benefit or interest (esp in the phrase for (someone'sorone's own) sake)
  2. the purpose of obtaining or achieving (esp in the phrase for the sake of (something))
  3. used in various exclamations of impatience, urgency, etc: for heaven's sake, for pete's sake
Etymology: 13th Century (in the phrase for the sake of, probably from legal usage): from Old English sacu lawsuit (hence, a cause); related to Old Norse sok, German Sache matter
sake, saké, saki /ˈsækɪ/ n
  1. a Japanese alcoholic drink made from fermented rice
Etymology: 17th Century: from Japanese
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