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ramen.

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

5 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈɹɑːmən/UK/ˈɹɑmən/UK, US
  1. Soup noodles of wheat, with various ingredients (Japanese-Chinese style).

    countable · uncountable
  2. A type of instant noodles.

    countable · uncountable
Where this word comes from

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

intj/ˈɹɑːmən/UK/ˈɹɑmən/UK, US
  1. amen

    humorous
Where this word comes 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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