ramen

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See also: rāmen

English[edit]

ramen noodles

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

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Noun[edit]

ramen (countable and uncountable, plural ramens)

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

Translations[edit]

Adverb[edit]

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.

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Dutch[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

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[edit]

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)
    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
Inflection[edit]
Inflection 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 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[edit]
Derived terms[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

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

Verb[edit]

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[edit]
Inflection 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 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[edit]

Etymology 3[edit]

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun[edit]

ramen

  1. Plural form of raam

Finnish[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

ramen

  1. ramen

Declension[edit]

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
instructive — ramenein
abessive ramenitta rameneitta
comitative — rameneineen
Possessive forms of ramen (type risti)
possessor singular plural
1st person ramenini ramenimme
2nd person ramenisi rameninne
3rd person rameninsa

Italian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Japanese and Mandarin. See English etymology.

Noun[edit]

ramen m (invariable)

  1. ramen

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Portuguese[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Noun[edit]

ramen m (uncountable)

  1. ramen (Japanese soup noodles)
    Synonym: miojo

Spanish[edit]

Noun[edit]

ramen m (uncountable)

  1. ramen (Japanese soup noodles)

Swedish[edit]

Noun[edit]

ramen c

  1. definite singular of ram

Anagrams[edit]

Zazaki[edit]

Noun[edit]

ramen ?

  1. driver
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