Meanings
plural ramunes
- countableuncountableA type of Japanese carbonated soft drink generally bottled in a Codd-neck bottle.
I just bought a ramune soda myself! 😂︎ I opened it without spilling a drop! Piece of cake
2022, Hitomi Takano, translated by Kumar Sivasubramanian, “Final Chapter To Be Continued”, in My Boy, volume 9, New York, N.Y.: Vertical Comics, →ISBN, page 1561 more example
There are two classic Japanese soda drinks from the late 19th century still drunk today: ramune (lemonade) and saidā (cider). Ramune is a fizzy lemonade created in 1872 in Kobe and bottled in an eccentric bottle, called a Codd-neck bottle, sealed with a glass marble.
2021 December 6, Jeanne Jacob, Food Cultures of Japan: Recipes, Customs, and Issues, Greenwood, →ISBN, page 119
Origin
- Japaneseラムネ
- Englishramune
Borrowed from Japanese ラムネ (ramune). Doublet of lemonade.
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Chinese Mandarin 彈珠汽水 /弹珠汽水
- 彈珠汽水 /弹珠汽水 (tánzhū qìshuǐ)type of Japanese carbonated soft drink
French ramune
- ramunetype of Japanese carbonated soft drink
Japanese ラムネ
- ラムネtype of Japanese carbonated soft drink
Korean 라무네
- 라무네 (ramune)type of Japanese carbonated soft drink
Spanish ramune
- ramunetype of Japanese carbonated soft drink
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with ramune
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Cite this entry
ramune. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ramune
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