ramen
/ˈɹɑmən/noun, interjection
ramen is a noun meaning “Soup noodles of wheat, with various ingredients (Japanese-Chinese style)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled R-A-M-E-N, and it appears 2.2 times per million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of ramen is ramens.
What does ramen mean?
noun
- 1
Soup noodles of wheat, with various ingredients (Japanese-Chinese style).
- 2
A type of instant noodles.
interjection
- 1
amen
… For thine are Meatballs, and the beer, and the strippers, for ever and ever. RAmen.
noun
- 1
Alternative form of ramen.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce ramen?
- UK /ˈɹɑːmən/
- US /ˈɹɑmən/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Back_ache-ramen.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of ramen
- ramens plural
- lamen
- rāmen
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is ramen?
Ramen appears 2.2 times per million words in written English, the 18,297th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Ramen in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense soup noodles of wheat, with various ingredients (Chinese-Japanese style):
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
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.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).