Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ramen

/ˈɹɑmən/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.35 in modern English

Syllables: ra-men
IPA: /ˈɹɑmən/

7

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Soup noodles of wheat, with various ingredients (Japanese-Chinese style).

Countable; Uncountable

noun

A type of instant noodles.

Countable; Uncountable

intj

Humorous

Example Sentences

"A founder’s first goal, Graham wrote, is becoming “ramen profitable”: spending thriftily and making just enough to afford ramen noodles for dinner."
"[...] For thine is the colander, the noodle, and the sauce, forever and ever. RAmen."
"… For thine are Meatballs, and the beer, and the strippers, for ever and ever. RAmen."
"They will let me wear The Chosen Attire at work, however. Ramen."
"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."
"YHWH" = tetragrammaton. "FSM" = tetrazziniton. Ramen."

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese ラーメン (rāmen), from Mandarin 拉麵 /拉面 (lāmiàn, “pulled noodles”). Doublet of laghman, lamian, and ramyeon.

Word Breakdown

Root: 拉麵

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈɹɑmən/
British English: /ˈɹɑːmən/

Usage

Subject

Wiktionary places this term in Food.

Inflected Forms

ramens (plural) lamen (alternative) rāmen (alternative)

Derived Forms

ramenlike

Phrases

pho-men ram-don ramen profitable

Frequently Paired Words

menma ramenya ramyeon mee

Rhymes With

shaman

Questions

How do you pronounce ramen?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈɹɑmən/.
What does ramen mean?: Soup noodles of wheat, with various ingredients (Japanese-Chinese style).
Where does ramen come from?: Borrowed from Japanese ラーメン (rāmen), from Mandarin 拉麵 /拉面 (lāmiàn, “pulled noodles”). Doublet of laghman, lamian, and ramyeon.

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