yen

See also Yen, yên, and yến

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /jɛn/, X-SAMPA: /"jEn/
• Rhymes: -ɛn

Etymology 1

From Japanese 円 (en, “yen, circle”).

Noun

yen (plural yen)

1. The unit of Japanese currency, equal to 100 sen.
2. A coin or note worth one yen.

Translations

unit of Japanese currency

• Arabic: ين (ar) (yen) m
• Armenian: յեն (hy) (yen)
• Azeri: iena (az)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 日圓 (cmn), 日圆 (cmn) (Rìyuán), 日元 (cmn) (Rìyuán), (slang) 老日 (cmn) (LǎoRì)

  Min Nan: 日圓 (nan) (ji̍t-ôan)

• Dutch: yen (nl) m
• Esperanto: eno (eo), jeno (eo)
• Faroese: jennur (fo) m
• Finnish: jeni (fi)
• Hindi: येन (hi) (yēn)

• Hungarian: jen (hu)
• Icelandic: jen (is) n
• Japanese: 円 (ja) (えん, en), also: 圓 (ja) (えん, en)
• Korean: 엔 (ko) (en)
• Malay: yen (ms)
• Marathi: येन (mr) (yena)
• Polish: jen (pl) m
• Portuguese: iene (pt) m
• Russian: иена (ru) (ijéna) f
• Spanish: yen (es) m
• Turkish: yen (tr)

coin or note of one yen

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 日圓 (cmn), 日圆 (cmn) (Rìyuán), 日元 (cmn) (Rìyuán), (slang) 老日 (cmn) (LǎoRì)

• Dutch: yen (nl) m
• Finnish: jeni (fi)

• Hungarian: jen (hu)
• Japanese: 円 (ja) (えん, en)
• Korean: 엔 (ko) (en)
• Malay: yen (ms)
• Marathi: येन (mr) (yena)
• Russian: иена (ru) (ijéna) f

Etymology 2

From yen-yen (“a craving for opium”), from Mandarin 菸癮 (Mandarin: yānyǐn; Cantonese: yin1yan5, “addiction, craving (for opium)”).

Noun

yen (plural yens)

1. A strong desire, urge, or yearning.

Synonyms

• craving, desire, hankering, urge, yearning

Translations

strong desire

• Dutch: verlangen (nl) n, hartstocht (nl) f

• Spanish: deseo (es) m, ganas (es) f pl

Verb

yen (third-person singular simple present yens, present participle yenning, simple past and past participle yenned)

1. To have a strong desire for.

Translations

have strong desire for

• Dutch: hartstochtelijk (nl) verlangen (nl), smachten (nl)
• Italian: bramare (it), desiderare (it)

• Spanish: desear (es)

Anagrams

• eny

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA: /jɛn/

Etymology

From Japanese 円 (en, “yen, circle”).

Noun

yen m (plural yens)

1. yen, Japanese monetary unit and coin.

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French

Etymology

From Sinitic

Pronunciation

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Noun

yen m (plural yens)

1. yen (currency)

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Ido

Preposition

yen

1. here is

   Ube la kafeerio esas? — Where is the café?

   Yen la kafeerio! — Here is the café.

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Spanish

Noun

yen m (plural yenes)

1. yen

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Volapük

Pronunciation

• IPA: [jen]

Noun

yen (plural yens)

1. yen

Declension

declension of yen

	singular	plural
nominative	yen	yens
genitive	yena	yenas
dative	yene	yenes
accusative	yeni	yenis
predicative	yenu	yenus
vocative	o yen!	o yens!