how to pronounce cake

/kɛk/

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cake is pronounced in one syllable

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meanings of cake

noun:

Fruitcake (containing rum).
Quick bread (a smallish loaf-shaped baked good which may be sweet like an English cake or salty and with bits of meat. See insert).

cake frequency in french - C1 level of CEFR

the word cake occurs in french on average 13.2 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.