ramen

See also: Ramen, rāmen, rãmen, and Ramën

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese ラーメン (rāmen), from Mandarin 拉麵 / 拉面 (lāmiàn, “pulled noodles”). Doublet of laghman, lamian, and ramyeon.

Pronunciation

  • Audio:(file)
  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈɹɑːmən/, (US) /ˈɹɑmən/
  • Rhymes: -ɑːmən

Noun

ramen (countable and uncountable, plural ramens)

  1. Soup noodles of wheat, with various ingredients (Japanese-Chinese style).
    Coordinate term: mee
    • 2016 October 3, Tad Friend, “Sam Altman’s Manifest Destiny”, in The New Yorker‎[1]:
      A founder’s first goal, Graham wrote, is becoming “ramen profitable”: spending thriftily and making just enough to afford ramen noodles for dinner.
  2. A type of instant noodles.

Derived terms

Translations

Interjection

ramen

  1. (Pastafarianism, humorous) amen
    • 2005, Mel Sharples, “Prayer In City Council Meetings??”, in ott.general (Usenet):
      [...] For thine is the colander, the noodle, and the sauce, forever and ever. RAmen.
    • 2006, [email protected], A Pastafarian's prayer, alt.atheism:
      [...] For thine are Meatballs, and the beer, and the strippers, for ever and ever. RAmen.
    • 2006, Roger Bryant, “Re: Is this all?”, in alt.religion.pastafarianism (Usenet):
      They will let me wear The Chosen Attire at work, however. Ramen.
    • 2008, Terry, Re: We do not have a 'soul' = an immaterial and immortal piece, alt.agnosticism:
      No, no, no! Until YOU stand before His Noodliness when you die. And if you do not believe in the Flying Spaghetti Monster (RAmen brother!) then you will not get to partake of the beer volcanoes, nor enjoy the strippers in Heaven.
    • 2008, DuhIdiot, Re: Let's sanitize song lyrics by removing references to religious garbage, alt.atheism:
      YHWH" = tetragrammaton. "FSM" = tetrazziniton. Ramen.
    • 2009, JFlexer, MAN PRAYS TO FLYING SPAGHETTI MONSTER (plus other March 4 FlashNews.com Shorts), alt.gossip.celebrities:
      May the Fork be with you... RAmen.

Anagrams

Czech

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈramɛn]

Noun

ramen n

  1. genitive plural of rameno

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈraːmə(n)/
  • Rhymes: -aːmən
  • Audio:(file)

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch ramen (“to aim, to strive for, to guess”), possibly from Old Dutch *rāmon, from Proto-Germanic *rēmijaną, *rēmāną, perhaps ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₃reyH- (“to set in motion, move about”), as in English roam.

Verb

ramen

  1. (transitive) to make an estimate
  2. (transitive) to fix an estimate, to budget
    Het project kost 6 keer meer dan geraamd.
    The project cost 6 times more than estimated.
  3. (transitive, obsolete) to guess, to reckon, to deduce
  4. (transitive, obsolete) to take aim (at), to watch, to observe
  5. (transitive, obsolete) to hit
Conjugation
Conjugation of ramen (weak)
infinitive ramen
past singular raamde
past participle geraamd
infinitive ramen
gerund ramen n
present tense past tense
1st person singular raam raamde
2nd person sing. (jij) raamt, raam2 raamde
2nd person sing. (u) raamt raamde
2nd person sing. (gij) raamt raamde
3rd person singular raamt raamde
plural ramen raamden
subjunctive sing.1 rame raamde
subjunctive plur.1 ramen raamden
imperative sing. raam
imperative plur.1 raamt
participles ramend geraamd
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion.
Synonyms
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Afrikaans: raam

Etymology 2

From Middle Dutch ramen. Equivalent to raam +‎ -en.

Verb

ramen

  1. (transitive) to stretch on a frame, as done with cloth to be dried
  2. (transitive) to arrange bushels of cereals on the field in a certain way
  3. (transitive) to tie a bird's wings together to prevent it flying away
Conjugation
Conjugation of ramen (weak)
infinitive ramen
past singular raamde
past participle geraamd
infinitive ramen
gerund ramen n
present tense past tense
1st person singular raam raamde
2nd person sing. (jij) raamt, raam2 raamde
2nd person sing. (u) raamt raamde
2nd person sing. (gij) raamt raamde
3rd person singular raamt raamde
plural ramen raamden
subjunctive sing.1 rame raamde
subjunctive plur.1 ramen raamden
imperative sing. raam
imperative plur.1 raamt
participles ramend geraamd
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion.
Derived terms

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Japanese ラーメン (rāmen).

Noun

ramen m (uncountable)

  1. ramen (Japanese dish)
Derived terms
  • ramennoedel

Etymology 4

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

ramen

  1. plural of raam

Finnish

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese ラーメン (rāmen), from Mandarin 拉麵 / 拉面 (lāmiàn, “pulled noodles”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈrɑ(ː)men/, [ˈrɑ̝(ː)me̞n]
  • Rhymes: -ɑmen
  • Syllabification(key): ra‧men
  • Hyphenation(key): ra‧men

Noun

ramen

  1. ramen

Declension

Inflection of ramen (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative ramen ramenit
genitive ramenin ramenien
partitive ramenia rameneja
illative rameniin rameneihin
singular plural
nominative ramen ramenit
accusative nom. ramen ramenit
gen. ramenin
genitive ramenin ramenien
partitive ramenia rameneja
inessive ramenissa rameneissa
elative ramenista rameneista
illative rameniin rameneihin
adessive ramenilla rameneilla
ablative ramenilta rameneilta
allative ramenille rameneille
essive ramenina rameneina
translative rameniksi rameneiksi
abessive ramenitta rameneitta
instructive — ramenein
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of ramen (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative ramenini ramenini
accusative nom. ramenini ramenini
gen. ramenini
genitive ramenini ramenieni
partitive rameniani ramenejani
inessive ramenissani rameneissani
elative ramenistani rameneistani
illative rameniini rameneihini
adessive ramenillani rameneillani
ablative rameniltani rameneiltani
allative ramenilleni rameneilleni
essive rameninani rameneinani
translative ramenikseni rameneikseni
abessive ramenittani rameneittani
instructive — —
comitative — rameneineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative ramenisi ramenisi
accusative nom. ramenisi ramenisi
gen. ramenisi
genitive ramenisi rameniesi
partitive rameniasi ramenejasi
inessive ramenissasi rameneissasi
elative ramenistasi rameneistasi
illative rameniisi rameneihisi
adessive ramenillasi rameneillasi
ablative rameniltasi rameneiltasi
allative ramenillesi rameneillesi
essive rameninasi rameneinasi
translative rameniksesi rameneiksesi
abessive ramenittasi rameneittasi
instructive — —
comitative — rameneinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative ramenimme ramenimme
accusative nom. ramenimme ramenimme
gen. ramenimme
genitive ramenimme rameniemme
partitive rameniamme ramenejamme
inessive ramenissamme rameneissamme
elative ramenistamme rameneistamme
illative rameniimme rameneihimme
adessive ramenillamme rameneillamme
ablative rameniltamme rameneiltamme
allative ramenillemme rameneillemme
essive rameninamme rameneinamme
translative rameniksemme rameneiksemme
abessive ramenittamme rameneittamme
instructive — —
comitative — rameneinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative rameninne rameninne
accusative nom. rameninne rameninne
gen. rameninne
genitive rameninne ramenienne
partitive ramenianne ramenejanne
inessive ramenissanne rameneissanne
elative ramenistanne rameneistanne
illative rameniinne rameneihinne
adessive ramenillanne rameneillanne
ablative rameniltanne rameneiltanne
allative ramenillenne rameneillenne
essive rameninanne rameneinanne
translative rameniksenne rameneiksenne
abessive ramenittanne rameneittanne
instructive — —
comitative — rameneinenne
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative rameninsa rameninsa
accusative nom. rameninsa rameninsa
gen. rameninsa
genitive rameninsa rameniensa
partitive rameniaan
rameniansa 		ramenejaan
ramenejansa
inessive ramenissaan
ramenissansa 		rameneissaan
rameneissansa
elative ramenistaan
ramenistansa 		rameneistaan
rameneistansa
illative rameniinsa rameneihinsa
adessive ramenillaan
ramenillansa 		rameneillaan
rameneillansa
ablative rameniltaan
rameniltansa 		rameneiltaan
rameneiltansa
allative ramenilleen
ramenillensa 		rameneilleen
rameneillensa
essive rameninaan
rameninansa 		rameneinaan
rameneinansa
translative ramenikseen
rameniksensa 		rameneikseen
rameneiksensa
abessive ramenittaan
ramenittansa 		rameneittaan
rameneittansa
instructive — —
comitative — rameneineen
rameneinensa

Derived terms

compounds

Further reading

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese ラーメン (rāmen), from Mandarin 拉麵 / 拉面 (lāmiàn, “pulled noodles”).

Noun

ramen m (invariable)

  1. ramen

Anagrams

Malay

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese ラーメン (rāmen), from Mandarin 拉麵 / 拉面 (lāmiàn, “pulled noodles”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɹɑːmən/
  • Rhymes: -ɑːmən

Noun

ramen (plural ramen-ramen)

  1. Japanese soup noodles.

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese ラーメン (rāmen), from Mandarin 拉麵 / 拉面 (lāmiàn, “pulled noodles”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈra.mɛn/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -amɛn
  • Syllabification: ra‧men

Noun

ramen m inan

  1. ramen (noodle soup dish)

Declension

Declension of ramen
singular plural
nominative ramen rameny
genitive ramenu ramenów
dative ramenowi ramenom
accusative ramen rameny
instrumental ramenem ramenami
locative ramenie ramenach
vocative ramenie rameny

Further reading

  • ramen in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese ラーメン (rāmen), from Mandarin 拉麵 / 拉面 (lāmiàn, “pulled noodles”).

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈʁa.mẽj̃/ [ˈha.mẽɪ̯̃], /ˈʁɐ̃.mẽj̃/ [ˈhɐ̃.mẽɪ̯̃]
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ˈʁa.mẽj̃/ [ˈχa.mẽɪ̯̃], /ˈʁɐ̃.mẽj̃/ [ˈχɐ̃.mẽɪ̯̃]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈʁa.mẽj̃/ [ˈha.mẽɪ̯̃], /ˈʁɐ.mẽj̃/ [ˈhɐ.mẽɪ̯̃]

Noun

ramen m (uncountable)

  1. ramen (Japanese soup noodles)
    Synonym: miojo

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese ラーメン (rāmen), from Mandarin 拉麵 / 拉面 (lāmiàn, “pulled noodles”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈramen/ [ˈra.mẽn]
  • Rhymes: -amen
  • Syllabification: ra‧men

Noun

ramen m (uncountable)

  1. ramen (Japanese soup noodles)

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese ラーメン (rāmen), from Mandarin 拉麵 / 拉面 (lāmiàn, “pulled noodles”).

Noun

ramen c

  1. definite singular of ram

Noun

ramen c

  1. ramen (Japanese dish)

Anagrams

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese ラーメン (rāmen), from Mandarin 拉麵 / 拉面 (lāmiàn, “pulled noodles”).

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈɾamen/ [ˈɾaː.mɛn̪]
  • Rhymes: -amen
  • Syllabification: ra‧men

Noun

ramen (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜋᜒᜈ᜔)

  1. ramen (Japanese dish)

Further reading

  • “ramen”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

Turkish

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Japanese ラーメン (rāmen), from Mandarin 拉麵 / 拉面 (lāmiàn, “pulled noodles”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɾa.mɛn/
  • Hyphenation: ra‧men

Noun

ramen (definite accusative rameni, plural ramenler)

  1. ramen

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɾaːˈmɛn/
  • Hyphenation: ra‧men

Adverb

ramen

  1. misspelling of rağmen

Zazaki

Noun

ramen

  1. driver
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