instant noodle

English

Calque of Japanese 即席ラーメン (sokuseki rāmen)[1]

instant noodle (plural instant noodles)

(chiefly in the plural) One of a mass of dried precooked noodles fused with oil, usually soaked in boiling water for a few minutes before being eaten.

a mass of precooked noodles

Chinese:
Cantonese: 即食麵, 即食面 (zik¹ sik⁶ min⁶), 公仔麵, 公仔面 (gung¹ zai² min⁶)

Mandarin: 方便麵 (zh), 方便面 (zh) (fāngbiàn miàn), 速食麵 (zh), 速食面 (zh) (sùshímiàn), 泡麵 (zh), 泡面 (zh) (pàomiàn)
Dutch: instantnoedels pl
Finnish: pikanuudeli (fi)
French: nouilles instantanées (fr) f pl
German: Fertignudel f, Fertignudeln f pl, Instantnudeln f pl
Hungarian: instant tészta
Indonesian: mi instan
Japanese: インスタントラーメン (ja) (insutanto rāmen), 即席麺 (ja) (sokusekimen), カップラーメン (kappu rāmen), 即席ラーメン (sokuseki rāmen)
Khmer: please add this translation if you can
Korean: 라면 (ko) (ramyeon), 컵라면 (ko) (keomnamyeon), 즉석라면 (jeukseongnamyeon)

Chinatown News, vol. 17, no. 1, 1969, p. 55:
INSTANT NOODLES FROM JAPAN “Sokuseki Ramen,” or instant Japanese noodles cost 25 yen (7 cents) per meal. They take less than five minutes to prepare and serve piping hot.

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