Calque of Japanese 即席ラーメン ( sokuseki rāmen ) [ 1]
instant noodle (plural instant noodles )
( chiefly in the plural ) One of a mass of dried precooked noodles fused with oil , usually soaked in boiling water for a few minutes before being eaten.
a mass of precooked noodles
Chinese:
Cantonese: 即食麵 / 即食面 (yue) ( zik1 sik6 min6 ) , 公仔麵 / 公仔面 ( gung1 zai2 min6 )
Mandarin: 方便麵 / 方便面 (zh) ( fāngbiàn miàn ) , 速食麵 / 速食面 (zh) ( sùshímiàn ) , 泡麵 / 泡面 (zh) ( pàomiàn )
Dutch: instantnoedels pl
Finnish: pikanuudeli (fi)
French: nouilles instantanées (fr) f pl
German: Fertignudel f , Fertignudeln f pl , Instantnudeln f pl
Hungarian: instant tészta
Indonesian: mi instan
Japanese: インスタントラーメン (ja) ( insutanto rāmen ) , 即席麺 (ja) ( sokusekimen ) , カップラーメン ( kappu rāmen ) , 即席ラーメン ( sokuseki rāmen )
Khmer: មីកញ្ចប់ ( mii kɑñcɑp )
Korean: 라면 (ko) ( ramyeon ) , 인스턴트 라면 ( inseuteonteu ramyeon ) , 즉석라면 ( jeukseongnamyeon ) , 컵라면 (ko) ( keomnamyeon )
Lao: ໝີ່ກຶ່ງສຳເລັດຮູບ ( mī kưng sam let hūp )
Malay: mi segera
Mongolian: бэлэн гоймон ( belen gojmon )
Polish: zupa błyskawiczna f , zupka chińska (pl) f
Portuguese: macarrão instantâneo (pt) m , miojo (pt) m ( Brazil )
Russian: лапша́ бы́строго приготовле́ния f ( lapšá býstrovo prigotovlénija )
Spanish: fideos instantáneos m pl
Swedish: snabbnudel c
Tagalog: ramyun
Thai: บะหมี่กึ่งสำเร็จรูป (th) ( bà-mìi-gʉ̀ng-sǎm-rèt-rûup ) , มาม่า (th) ( maa-mâa ) ( informal; proprietary eponym )
Turkish: hazır erişte
Uyghur: تەييار چۆپ ( teyyar chöp )
Uzbek: tezpishar ugra
Vietnamese: mì ăn liền (vi)
^ Chinatown News, vol. 17, no. 1, 1969, p. 55: INSTANT NOODLES FROM JAPAN “Sokuseki Ramen,” or instant Japanese noodles cost 25 yen (7 cents) per meal. They take less than five minutes to prepare and serve piping hot.