ramen

See also: rāmen

English

ramen noodles

Alternative forms

• lamen

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

ramen (countable and uncountable, plural ramens)

1. Soup noodles of wheat, with various ingredients (Japanese style)
2. A type of instant noodles.

Translations

soup noodles of wheat, with various ingredients (Japanese style)

• Arabic: رَامِن‎‎ (rāmin), رَامَن‎‎ (rāman), رَامِن‎‎ (rāmen)
• Armenian: ռամեն (ṙamen)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 拉麵 (zh), 拉面 (zh) (lāmiàn), 日式拉麵, 日式拉面 (Rì-shì lāmiàn), 日本拉麵, 日本拉面 (Rìběn lāmiàn)

• Czech: ramen
• Esperanto: rameno
• Finnish: ramen-nuudeli
• Galician: ramen m
• Hawaiian: kaimine
• Hebrew: ראמן‎‎
• Hindi: रामेन (rāmen)
• Interlingua: ramen
• Italian: ramen m
• Japanese: ラーメン (ja) (rāmen)

• Korean: 라면 (ko) (ramyeon)
• Marathi: रामेन (rāmen)
• Persian: رامن‎‎ (râmen)
• Polish: ramen (pl) m
• Portuguese: ramen m, miojo (pt) m
• Russian: рамэ́н (ru) m (ramɛ́n), ра́мэн (ru) m (rámɛn), раме́н (ru) m (ramɛ́n), ра́мен (ru) m (rámɛn)
• Spanish: ramen m
• Swedish: ramen (sv) c
• Tagalog: ramen
• Tamil: றாமென் (ṟāmeṉ)
• Thai: ราเม็ง (th) (raa-meng)
• Ukrainian: рамен (ramen)
• Urdu: رامین‎‎ (rāmen)

Adverb

ramen (not comparable)

1. (Pastafarianism, humorous) amen
   • 2005, Mel Sharples, Prayer In City Council Meetings??, ott.general:

     [...] For thine is the colander, the noodle, and the sauce, forever and ever. RAmen.

   • 2006, bg1...@apexmail.com, 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?, alt.religion.pastafarianism:

     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

• Armen-, Maner, Maren, Marne, Merna, enarm, namer, reman

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Dutch

Pronunciation

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

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Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch ramen (“to aim, to strive for, to guess”), possibly from Old Dutch *rāmon, from Proto-Germanic *rēmijaną, *rēmāną.

Verb

ramen

1. (transitive) to make an estimate
2. (transitive) to fix an estimate, to budget

   Het project kost 6 keer meer dan geraamd.

   (please add an English translation of this usage example)

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

Inflection

Inflection of ramen (weak)
infinitive	ramen
past singular	raamde
past participle	geraamd
infinitive	ramen
gerund	ramen n
verbal noun	—
	present tense	past tense
1st person singular	raam	raamde
2nd person sing. (jij)	raamt	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.

Synonyms

• (make an estimate): schatten
• (fix an estimate): begroten

Derived terms

• ramer
• raming
• raamdag
• raamwijs
• beramen
• naramen

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

Inflection

Inflection of ramen (weak)
infinitive	ramen
past singular	raamde
past participle	geraamd
infinitive	ramen
gerund	ramen n
verbal noun	—
	present tense	past tense
1st person singular	raam	raamde
2nd person sing. (jij)	raamt	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.

Derived terms

• ramer
• opramen
• uitramen

Etymology 3

See etymology on the main entry.

Noun

ramen

1. Plural form of raam

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Italian

Etymology

Japanese

Noun

ramen m (invariable)

1. ramen

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Portuguese

Alternative forms

• lamen

Noun

ramen m (uncountable)

1. ramen (Japanese soup noodles)

Synonyms

• (instant noodles): miojo

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Swedish

Noun

ramen c

1. definite singular of ram

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Zazaki

Noun

ramen ?

1. driver