yen
Spanish, noun/ˈʝen/
yen is spelled Y-E-N (3 letters) and appears 1.9 times per million words in written Spanish, the 23,327th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Yen is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “yen” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Unidad monetaria del Japón”.
What does yen mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineyen
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Unidad monetaria del Japón
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of yen
- yenes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce yen?
- /ˈʝen/
- [ˈɟ͡ʝẽn]
- [ˈʝẽn]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to yen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is yen in Spanish?
yen appears 1.9 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).