ramen

See also: rāmen

English

ramen noodles

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Wikipedia

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

Noun

ramen (plural ramen)

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: رامن (rāmin, rāman, rāmen)
• 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
• Galician: ramen m
• 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)
• Portuguese: ramen m, miojo (pt) m
• Russian: рамэн m (ramén, rámen), рамен (ru) m (ramɛ́n, rámɛn)
• Spanish: ramen m
• Tamil: றாமென் (ṟāmeṉ)
• Thai: ราเม็ง (raa-meng)
• Ukrainian: рамен (ramen)

Adverb

ramen (not comparable)

1. (Pastafarianism) 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

• namer
• reman

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• 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. Cognate with Old High German rāmēn (German anberaumen with vowel by analogy with Raum).

Verb

ramen (past singular raamde, past participle geraamd)

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

   Het project kost 6 keer meer dan geraamd

3. (obsolete, transitive) To guess, reckon; deduce
4. (obsolete, transitive) To take aim (at); watch, observe
5. (obsolete, transitive) To hit

Conjugation

Conjugation of ramen (weak)

infinitive	ramen
	present tense	past tense
1st person singular	raam	raamde
2nd person singular	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	(hebben) geraamd
1) Archaic.

Synonyms

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

Derived terms

• beramen (verb)
• naramen (verb)
• ramer m
• raming
• raamdag m
• raamwijs (adjective)

Etymology 2

Germanic: from raam 'frame, window', cognate with German Rahm

Noun

ramen

1. Plural form of raam

Verb

ramen (past singular raamde, past participle geraamd)

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
	present tense	past tense
1st person singular	raam	raamde
2nd person singular	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	(hebben) geraamd
1) Archaic.

Derived terms

• ramer m
• opramen (verb)
• uitramen (verb)

Etymology 3

Germanic: from rame 'a stake'

Verb

ramen (past singular raamde, past participle geraamd)

1. To tie to a stake

Conjugation

Conjugation of ramen (weak)

infinitive	ramen
	present tense	past tense
1st person singular	raam	raamde
2nd person singular	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	(hebben) geraamd
1) Archaic.

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Swedish

Noun

ramen c

1. definite singular of ram

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Zazaki

Noun

ramen

1. driver