ramune
/ˈɹɑmʊˌneɪ/noun
ramune is a noun meaning “A type of Japanese carbonated soft drink generally bottled in a Codd-neck bottle” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled R-A-M-U-N-E and has 2 syllables, and it appears about once in every 43 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of ramune is ramunes.
What does ramune mean?
noun
- 1
A type of Japanese carbonated soft drink generally bottled in a Codd-neck bottle.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce ramune?
- UK /ˈɹɑːmʊˌneɪ/
- US /ˈɹɑmʊˌneɪ/
Ramune has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of ramune
- ramunes plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is ramune?
Ramune appears about once in every 43 million words in written English, the 201,693rd 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).
Ramune in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense type of Japanese carbonated soft drink:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | ramune |
| Spanish | ramune |
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 ramune come from?
Borrowed from Japanese ラムネ (ramune). Doublet of lemonade.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).