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ramen
- /ˈɹɑːmən/ UK
- /ˈɹɑmən/ UK, US
Rhymes with -ɑːmən
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Japanese ラーメン (rāmen), from Mandarin 拉麵 /拉面 (lāmiàn, “pulled noodles”). Doublet of laghman, lamian, and ramyeon.
noun ramens · lamen · rāmen
- Soup noodles of wheat, with various ingredients (Japanese-Chinese style). A founder’s first goal, Graham wrote, is becoming “ramen profitable”: spending thriftily and making just enough to afford ramen noodles for dinner.
- A type of instant noodles.
interjection lamen · rāmen
- amen [...] For thine is the colander, the noodle, and the sauce, forever and ever. RAmen.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: lamen, ramyeon, soba, rice noodle, oden, udon, mami, jjamppong, somyeon, bakmi, tonkotsu, champon, gukbap, noodle, pot noodle, nimono
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noun soup noodles of wheat, with various ingredients (Chinese-Japanese style)
| Español | ramen |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 라면 ramyeon, 라멘 ramen |
| 日本語 | ラーメン rāmen |
| 中文 | 拉麵 /拉面 lāmiàn, 日式拉麵 /日式拉面 Rìshì lāmiàn, 日本拉麵 /日本拉面 Rìběn lāmiàn |
| हिन्दी | रामेन rāmen |
| Português | ramen, miojo |
| Français | ramen |
| Deutsch | Ramen |
| Italiano | ramen |
| Русский | рамэ́н ramɛ́n, ра́мэн rámɛn, раме́н ramɛ́n, ра́мен rámɛn |
| العربية | رَامِن rāmin, رَامَن rāman, رَامِن rāmen |
| עברית | ראמן |
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title = {ramen},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
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