ramen

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UK/ˈɹɑːmən/UK, US/ˈɹɑmən/

noun

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

Less commonScrabble 7

Meanings

nounramen (countable and uncountable, plural ramens)

plural ramens · alternative lamen · alternative rāmen

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

    A founder’s first goal, Graham wrote, is becoming “ramen profitable”: spending thriftily and making just enough to afford ramen noodles for dinner.

    2016 October 3, Tad Friend, “Sam Altman’s Manifest Destiny”, in The New Yorker
  2. countableuncountableA type of instant noodles.
interjection

alternative lamen · alternative rāmen

  1. humorousamen

    May the Fork be with you... RAmen.

    2009, JFlexer, MAN PRAYS TO FLYING SPAGHETTI MONSTER (plus other March 4 FlashNews.com Shorts), alt.gossip.celebrities
    5 more examples

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

    2005, Mel Sharples, “Prayer In City Council Meetings??”, in ott.general (Usenet)

    … For thine are Meatballs, and the beer, and the strippers, for ever and ever. RAmen.

    2006, bg1...@apexmail.com, A Pastafarian's prayer, alt.atheism

    They will let me wear The Chosen Attire at work, however. Ramen.

    2006, Roger Bryant, “Re: Is this all?”, in alt.religion.pastafarianism (Usenet)

    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, Terry, Re: We do not have a 'soul' = an immaterial and immortal piece, alt.agnosticism

    YHWH" = tetragrammaton. "FSM" = tetrazziniton. Ramen.

    2008, DuhIdiot, Re: Let's sanitize song lyrics by removing references to religious garbage, alt.atheism

Origin

  1. Mandarin拉麵 /拉面“pulled noodles”
  2. Englishramen

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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Translations

Arabic رَامِن, رَامَن
  • رَامِن (rāmin)soup noodles of wheat, with various ingredients (Chinese-Japanese style)
  • رَامَن (rāman)soup noodles of wheat, with various ingredients (Chinese-Japanese style)
  • رَامِن (rāmen)soup noodles of wheat, with various ingredients (Chinese-Japanese style)
Chinese Mandarin 拉麵 /拉面, 日式拉麵 /日式拉面
  • 拉麵 /拉面 (lāmiàn)soup noodles of wheat, with various ingredients (Chinese-Japanese style)
  • 日式拉麵 /日式拉面 (Rìshì lāmiàn)soup noodles of wheat, with various ingredients (Chinese-Japanese style)
  • 日本拉麵 /日本拉面 (Rìběn lāmiàn)soup noodles of wheat, with various ingredients (Chinese-Japanese style)
Czech ramen
  • ramensoup noodles of wheat, with various ingredients (Chinese-Japanese style)
Dutch ramen
  • ramensoup noodles of wheat, with various ingredients (Chinese-Japanese style)
Esperanto rameno
  • ramenosoup noodles of wheat, with various ingredients (Chinese-Japanese style)
Finnish ramennuudeli
  • ramennuudelisoup noodles of wheat, with various ingredients (Chinese-Japanese style)
French ramen
  • ramensoup noodles of wheat, with various ingredients (Chinese-Japanese style)
German Ramen
  • Ramensoup noodles of wheat, with various ingredients (Chinese-Japanese style)
Hawaiian kaimine
  • kaiminesoup noodles of wheat, with various ingredients (Chinese-Japanese style)
Hebrew ראמן
  • ראמןsoup noodles of wheat, with various ingredients (Chinese-Japanese style)
Hindi रामेन
  • रामेन (rāmen)soup noodles of wheat, with various ingredients (Chinese-Japanese style)
Italian ramen
  • ramensoup noodles of wheat, with various ingredients (Chinese-Japanese style)
Japanese ラーメン
  • ラーメン (rāmen)soup noodles of wheat, with various ingredients (Chinese-Japanese style)
Korean 라면, 라멘
  • 라면 (ramyeon)soup noodles of wheat, with various ingredients (Chinese-Japanese style)
  • 라멘 (ramen)soup noodles of wheat, with various ingredients (Chinese-Japanese style)
  • 꼬부랑국수 (kkoburangguksu)soup noodles of wheat, with various ingredients (Chinese-Japanese style)
Latvian rāmens
  • rāmenssoup noodles of wheat, with various ingredients (Chinese-Japanese style)
Persian رامن
  • رامن (râmen)soup noodles of wheat, with various ingredients (Chinese-Japanese style)
Polish ramen
  • ramensoup noodles of wheat, with various ingredients (Chinese-Japanese style)
Portuguese ramen, miojo
  • ramensoup noodles of wheat, with various ingredients (Chinese-Japanese style)
  • miojosoup noodles of wheat, with various ingredients (Chinese-Japanese style)
Russian рамэ́н, ра́мэн
  • рамэ́н (ramɛ́n)soup noodles of wheat, with various ingredients (Chinese-Japanese style)
  • ра́мэн (rámɛn)soup noodles of wheat, with various ingredients (Chinese-Japanese style)
  • раме́н (ramɛ́n)soup noodles of wheat, with various ingredients (Chinese-Japanese style)
  • ра́мен (rámɛn)soup noodles of wheat, with various ingredients (Chinese-Japanese style)
Spanish ramen
  • ramensoup noodles of wheat, with various ingredients (Chinese-Japanese style)
Swedish ramen
  • ramensoup noodles of wheat, with various ingredients (Chinese-Japanese style)
Tagalog ramen
  • ramensoup noodles of wheat, with various ingredients (Chinese-Japanese style)
Tamil றாமென்
  • றாமென் (ṟāmeṉ)soup noodles of wheat, with various ingredients (Chinese-Japanese style)
Thai ราเม็ง
  • ราเม็ง (raa-meng)soup noodles of wheat, with various ingredients (Chinese-Japanese style)
Turkish ramen
  • ramensoup noodles of wheat, with various ingredients (Chinese-Japanese style)
Ukrainian рамен
  • рамен (ramen)soup noodles of wheat, with various ingredients (Chinese-Japanese style)
Urdu رامین
  • رامین (rāmen)soup noodles of wheat, with various ingredients (Chinese-Japanese style)

Rhymes & wordplay

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Cite this entry
APA

ramen. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ramen

MLA

“ramen.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ramen. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “ramen,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ramen.

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